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input

input

72 3.5
A signal or data sent into a device for processing
  • noun
  • /ˈɪnpʊt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : entrada
  • According to the Jeffress model, one input comes from the left ear and the other from the right.
  • input signal
  • input data
  • input format

Given some program and some inputs, will it ever halt?

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Examples

  • I'm constantly trying to be open to other people's creative input.

  • The board is programed to read all the different inputs.

  • And that is on the power input there.

  • So it's run through actually all the input methods on this input device.

  • I receive input and then I react to it.

  • Given some program and some inputs, will it ever halt?

  • I need more sensory input, that's all.

  • My team backtracked the satellite's last signal input to Miami.

  • It has multiple device inputs seamlessly supported.

  • The technician recommended several changes to improve the data input for the software.

Synonyms

input data
vsinput
  • Specialized
1 3.3

Information that a computer or program receives to work on

is broader, covering both files and physical signals used by a system
input signal
vsinput
  • Specialized
1 3.8

An electrical change that enters a device as information to be processed

is broader, meaning any piece of information sent into a system rather than only patterns

Antonyms

output
  • Specialized
46 3.7

The signal or data that an electronic device sends

Compounds

input data
  • Specialized
1 3.3

Information that a computer or program receives to work on

input device
  • Specialized
1 3.4

A tool like a keyboard or mouse that sends information to a computer

Material or part brought from another country to make things

input signal
  • Specialized
1 3.8

An electrical change that enters a device as information to be processed

input file
  • Specialized
1 3.4

A computer file that contains data for a program to use

data input device
  • Specialized
3.1

A tool used to put information into a computer, like a keyboard or mouse

input program
  • Specialized
5.8

Software that takes data from devices or files and converts it into a form the computer can use

input routine
  • Specialized
5.3

Part of a computer program that reads data from a keyboard or file and keeps it inside

output-to-input ratio
  • Specialized
6.0

How much power a device gives out compared with the power put in

How Big

stream
150 1.0
file
1.0
packet
  • Specialized
39 4.2
input
  • Specialized
72 3.5
byte
  • Specialized
23 3.6
bit
  • Specialized
106 4.4

Surface Forms

input singular
inputs plural

Morphology

input = input (transparent) = in + put

The noun directly means data or signals that are input into a system, which is a standard and predictable conversion from the verb.

Etymology

Input comes from in- 'into' and put 'to place'. Like putting a plug into a machine, input is the signal or data you 'put into' an electronic system for processing.