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exporter

exporter

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A program that sends data from inside a computer so other tools can collect it
  • noun
  • /ɪkˈspɔːrtər/
  • Specialized
translation icon : exportador de métricas
  • Latin Americans interpreted the 1943 Mexican conference as a success for their positions and recognized the support and understanding of their needs, provided by the "representatives and officers of capital-exporter countries," that is, the United States (Goytia 1943). Washington had a more ambitious agenda.
  • software exporter

Examples

  • As a well-known exporter, the company focused on providing APIs that facilitated data sharing across platforms.

  • The software exporter launched a new tool to help developers track system performance metrics.

  • You then do one of two things: you write an exporter from something like Blender that saves to your files.

    Blog text (12)
  • Especially now that Unity 3D is going to have a Linux exporter.

    Blog text (33)
  • In the end, the BTT judged that the two U.S. exporters involved were dumping dark meat by margins of 209 percent and 357 percent.

    Academic text (2005)
  • However, a coalition of U.S. exporters has recently expressed opposition to proposals to make exporters liable and to allow local courts to decide who should pay for any cleanup of hazardous wastes.

    Academic text (1999)
  • The latest exporter version allows users to seamlessly integrate their applications with third-party analytics tools.

Surface Forms

exporter singular
exporters plural

Morphology

exporter = export (transparent) = export + er

Derived as an agent/instrument noun from the verb 'export'; although used in a technical computing context, the formation and role ('thing that exports') are straightforward.

Etymology

Exporter comes from the parts ex- 'out' and portare 'to carry', as in transport or portable. In computing an exporter is a program or tool that 'sends out' data from a system to another place, so the word shows its job of moving information out.