<s>
Autotype	B-Application
is	O
a	O
function	O
in	O
some	O
computer	B-Application
applications	I-Application
or	O
programs	B-Application
,	O
typically	O
those	O
containing	O
forms	B-General_Concept
,	O
which	O
fills	O
in	O
a	O
field	O
once	O
you	O
have	O
typed	O
in	O
the	O
first	O
few	O
letters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
of	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
in	O
a	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
,	O
the	O
entries	O
that	O
appear	O
in	O
the	O
list	O
depend	O
on	O
the	O
form	O
's	O
name	O
,	O
so	O
as	O
to	O
not	O
propose	O
street	O
names	O
in	O
a	O
last	O
name	O
field	O
or	O
vice	O
versa	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Autotype	B-Application
can	O
also	O
refer	O
to	O
automatically	O
determining	O
a	O
peripheral	O
's	O
configuration	O
or	O
a	O
program	O
's	O
variables	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Autotype	B-Application
is	O
defined	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
true	O
representation	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
"	O
(	O
see	O
O.E.D	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
term	O
autotype	B-Application
was	O
coined	O
in	O
the	O
late	O
19th	O
century	O
and	O
referred	O
to	O
a	O
process	O
for	O
making	O
photographic	O
prints	O
using	O
a	O
carbon	O
process	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
autotype	B-Application
prints	O
were	O
produced	O
and	O
the	O
process	O
was	O
popular	O
well	O
into	O
the	O
20th	O
century	O
,	O
particularly	O
since	O
autotype	B-Application
prints	O
are	O
very	O
long	O
lasting	O
(	O
it	O
is	O
said	O
that	O
an	O
autotype	B-Application
could	O
last	O
up	O
to	O
500	O
years	O
without	O
fading	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Autotype	B-Application
may	O
also	O
refer	O
to	O
halftone	O
printing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
term	O
may	O
also	O
apply	O
to	O
the	O
Autotype	B-Application
Company	O
,	O
founded	O
in	O
London	O
in	O
1868	O
as	O
the	O
"	O
Autotype	B-Application
Fine	O
Art	O
Company	O
"	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
pioneers	O
in	O
the	O
carbon	O
print	O
and	O
autotype	B-Application
reproduction	O
process	O
and	O
which	O
still	O
exists	O
as	O
a	O
supplier	O
of	O
coated	O
films	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Autotype	B-Application
is	O
now	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Platform	O
Speciality	O
Products	O
group	O
of	O
companies	O
.	O
</s>
