namematching
nounUK /ˈneɪmˌmætʃɪŋ/
US /ˈneɪmˌmætʃɪŋ/
Namematching is when a computer checks if two names are the same.
The namematching program found that 'Bob' and 'Robert' might be the same person.
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OTHER MEANINGS
2. The process of linking records that refer to the same person or thing across different lists.
Namematching helped the hospital combine patient files from two systems.
3. A feature in software that suggests or completes a name as you type it.
The email app uses namematching to fill in contacts quickly.
4. In data cleaning, finding and merging duplicate names in a dataset.
After namematching, the customer list had no repeated entries.