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Element 16

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Fi
Fill in

Put words into a named field.

form field · voice form

First known

Opened

≤1969IBM 2260 Display Station: labels such as name and address sit on the screen, and the operator keys each entry beside its label. IBM.

See also: IBM 3270, May 1971: protected label fields and unprotected entry fields, the operator typing 'opposite the following labels'.

“constant information, such as "name", "address", and "account number", may be entered and displayed on the right side of a 2260 Display Station screen. Variable information ... is then keyboard-entered on the appropriate line”

The 2260 had no protected fields, so its form was a convention; the 3270's field attributes (1971) made the named field something the terminal enforced.

Someone opened the dated document itself. The source.

  • ReadingValue

Specimen № 16 — operate freely

Fill in the cake order and order it. Then move a line into another box and order again.

Fig. 16 — Fill in

000 readings · idle

Down the Write column

  1. it followsTType
  2. it targetsFiFill in
  3. it remembersAtAnnotate
  4. it connectsMMessage
  5. it guessesCeComplete
  6. it actsDtDraft

Read down and Type gets heavier: each step is the same act, on a machine that keeps track of more.

Bodies

The act stays put while the hardware changes. These are some of the forms Fill in takes.

  • form field
  • voice form