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Soundex
n. A technique to create a phonetic index, making it possible to look up a name or word using a coded form of its sound rather than spelling.Notes
The Soundex system was initially patented by Robert C. Russell in April 1918 (US patent 1,261,167). Soundex is sometimes used generically to mean any phonetic index.-
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