Soundex
/ˈsaʊndeks/noun
mass noun
- Computing a phonetic coding system intended to suppress spelling variations, used especially to encode surnames for the linkage of medical and other records【计算机】桑迪克斯（代码）：
as modifier Soundex searches.桑迪克斯检索。
词源
1950s: from SOUND1 + the arbitrary ending -ex.