Meanings
present singular third person autowraps · participle present autowrapping · participle past autowrapped · past autowrapped
- ergativecomputingTo wrap (e.g. text) automatically.
The segmentation into paragraphs allows autoflowing and autowrapping of lines inside of paragraphs[…]
1996, Roland Wagner, Helmut Thoma, Database and Expert Systems Applications: 7th International Computer Science Symposium, page 8922 more examples
For a historical database, you may wish to have the log autowrap which allows the log to overwrite itself, whereas you would not want the log for a database that tracks important information to autowrap.
2003, Rick Sawtell, Joseph L. Jorden, Lance Mortensen, McSa/MCSE/MCDBA: SQL Server 2000 Administration Study Guide, page 56If the text has been autowrapped for you by MindManager, drag the edge to the right to unwrap it if you desire a long, single-line box.
2012, Ruven Gotz, Practical SharePoint 2010 Information Architecture, page 25
- uncountablecomputingAn automatic wrapping feature.
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