Definitions
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- noun informatics A
phonetic algorithm forindexing names by theirEnglish pronunciation , based on the most probablysignificant consonants , so that a search for amisspelled name may find the desired one.
Etymologies
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Dr Jack Hermansen, a computational linguist who developed the technology used by Customs, says Soundex is "simple, neat and wrong".
Archive 2005-10-01 2005
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For years Microsoft SQL Server has provided developers with a method called Soundex that is used to retrieve an encoded string.
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Unique IDs: programmer tells you how to decode 'Soundex' driver license numbers.
Archive 2003-11-01 liz donovan 2003
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Unique IDs: programmer tells you how to decode 'Soundex' driver license numbers.
Behind the News: November 2003 liz donovan 2003
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I've translated the opening lines of a famous song into Soundex code, and then substituted for each word a surname having the same code.
Archive 2009-05-01 2009
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I've translated the opening lines of a famous song into Soundex code, and then substituted for each word a surname having the same code.
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The USPTO's website has a "Kids' Pages" section that contains a collection of sounds filed under a "Trademark Soundex."
Friday Post - Ringtones from the USPTO Peter Zura 2008
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Same-Soundex marriage is legal in twelve states, with seven others considering legalization.
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Jan. 8, 1918 — Donald Knuth comes up with the idea of Soundex when he realizes that his surname sounds a lot like "Kennedy."
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The USPTO's website has a "Kids' Pages" section that contains a collection of sounds filed under a "Trademark Soundex."
Archive 2008-01-01 Peter Zura 2008
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