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to export

to export

14 4.3
To move data out of one program so another can use it
  • verb
  • /ˈɛkspɔrt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : exportar
  • Once the online survey was closed, the data were exported to SPSS for analysis.
  • export data
  • export records
  • export to SPSS

Now what's really cool though is I can export this as APDF.

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Examples

  • One of Seemage's products, Publisher, can export information to other company software systems.

    Academic text (2006)

  • Images from Google Earth are easy to export for use in word processing and presentation software.

    Academic text (2010)

  • And then we export the first cut for the audio stuff.

    WVFRM Podcast

  • I just have to export this video, and then I'll be on my way OK.

    Tales from the Other Side (2022)

  • So let's go ahead and export the footage and just watch it back.

  • The Google map files created can be exported for use by others.

    Academic text (2011)

  • The results are shown on a map and can be exported in a variety of formats.

    Academic text (2013)

  • The software has an Avid CNC post processor built in, making it super easy to export the G code to run the machine.

  • Data can be exported from Viewshare in various formats: RDF/XML, JSON, or semantic wikitext for reuse.

    Academic text (2015)

  • You can easily export your contacts from this app to a different email service.

Synonyms

to output
vsto export
  • Specialized
5 3.6

To make a computer send data or results

moves data out of a database and converts it for other programs

Antonyms

to import
  • Specialized
21 3.7

To bring data or files into a computer program

Compounds

agricultural export
1 3.2

A farm product sold to other countries

export credit
  • Specialized
1 5.1

A loan from a bank in the seller's country to help a buyer pay for goods sent to another country

export duty
  • Specialized
4.5

A tax a government charges on goods sent out of a country

How Portable

to export
  • Specialized
14 4.3
to migrate
  • Specialized
17 4.3
to save
  • Specialized
211 1.3

Surface Forms

export infinitive
exported past
exported past participle
exporting present participle
exports third person singular

Morphology

export = port (semi-transparent) = ex + port

The basic sense 'carry out' is recoverable, but the computing meaning 'transfer data out to another format or program' is a specialized metaphor rather than a fully literal everyday use.

Etymology

Export comes from the Latin parts ex- 'out' and portare 'to carry', and in computers we use it the same way: to export data is to 'carry out' information from one program into a file you can use somewhere else, like a portable file.