tab complete

English

Alternative forms

  • tab-complete

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌtæb kəmˈplit/

Verb

tab complete (third-person singular simple present tab completes, present participle tab completing, simple past and past participle tab completed)

  1. (transitive, computing, programming) to automatically complete a command in a command-line interface
    Synonym: autocomplete