prepopulate

verb

prepopulate

verb

Etymology From pre- + populate.

1

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences To populate (form fields, a database, etc.) in advance.

  • However, in addition to disabling the billing fields, we are also prepopulating them with data from the shipping fields.2009, Cody Lindley, jQuery Cookbook:
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