Definitions

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  • verb transitive, computing To populate (form fields, a database, etc.) in advance.

Etymologies

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pre- +‎ populate

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Examples

  • For me, well, I always prepopulate content whenever I take time off – it just makes business sense for me as this is one of the ways I make money online.

    When Do Bloggers Get a Break? 2008

  • Invoking the history mode also causes the search interface to prepopulate its filter selections with those related to History and not Tabs.

    Firefox Extension: Reveal 2006

  • If you create a Zend Framework-based project (available as a project template), Zend Studio will prepopulate the project with components that support the MVC (model-view-controller) structure of a Zend Framework application and open an outline view that gathers each component into the appropriate category.

    Techworld.com News 2010

  • Buyers use the data in negotiations with hotels, and to prepopulate expense reports or reports that run off the expense reports.

    Purchasing - Top Stories 2010

  • Buyers use the data in negotiations with hotels, and to prepopulate expense reports or reports that run off the expense reports.

    Purchasing - Top Stories 2010

  • Use a custom application to prepopulate contents of that new wiki

    Site Root 2010

  • Buyers can use the data to better manage compliance to company travel policy, prepopulate automated expense reporting systems and in negotiations with suppliers.

    Purchasing - Top Stories 2010

  • Buyers use the data in negotiations with hotels, and to prepopulate expense reports or reports that run off the expense reports.

    Purchasing - Top Stories 2010

  • If the extension can pick up what the item name and price are, it'll prepopulate them for you, but if it caught the wrong number, you can correct it.

    AppScout Alan Henry 2010

  • Buyers can use the data to better manage compliance to company travel policy, prepopulate automated expense reporting systems and in negotiations with suppliers.

    Purchasing - Top Stories 2010

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