autorefresh

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noun

Any feature that automatically refreshes a screen display.

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Meanings

nounautorefresh (uncountable)
  1. uncountablecomputingAny feature that automatically refreshes a screen display.

    One drawback of the console, though, was its lack of an autorefresh; it had to be updated often to display the current status information.

    2005, Eriq Oliver Neale, Microsoft Small Business Server 2003 Unleashed, page 14
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    Like Paradox and dBASE, Clarion offers an autorefresh facility so data displayed on your screen will be updated if its associated records are changed in the database by another user.

    1991, PC Magazine, volume 10, numbers 9-10

Origin

From auto- + refresh.

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Translations

German automatische Aktualisierung
  • automatische Aktualisierungautomatically update
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APA

autorefresh. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autorefresh

MLA

“autorefresh.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autorefresh. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “autorefresh,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autorefresh.

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