Typeahead

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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  type-ahead
       
           The facility where the user can type more
          characters before the system has fully responded to those
          already typed.  Type-ahead is common on most current systems.
          It allows the user to type without worrying that the computer


          may miss input because it is temporarily busy,
          e.g. reformating a page, checking spelling, or simply
          suffering from network latency.  There is usually some limit
          to the amount of input the system can buffer, beyond which it
          _will_ lose input.
       
          [Equivalent term for {speech recognition}?]
       
          (2003-06-15)