input
- noun
- /ˈɪnpʊt/
- Specialized
- To improve the quality of the final product, the company carefully analyzed the inputs used in production.
- labor inputs
- capital inputs
- energy input
But it also has to do with the input cost of parts.
- But it also has to do with the input cost of parts.
- Have you seen your need for inputs go down like compost go down at all?
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Students were asked to share their goals and received general input from the teacher on how to achieve the goals.
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The survey was designed by the researcher with input from teachers, librarians, and university literacy professors.
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But it also has to do with the input cost of parts.
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Firms continue to report increases in prices for inputs and their own goods.
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The process also requires substantial inputs of fossil-fuel energy (as does the mining process itself).
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The factory increased its production efficiency by optimizing the input of raw materials.
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In this project, we need to gather all relevant inputs from stakeholders before making a decision.
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- Specialized
An electrical change that enters a device as information to be processed
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A tool used to put information into a computer, like a keyboard or mouse
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Software that takes data from devices or files and converts it into a form the computer can use
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Part of a computer program that reads data from a keyboard or file and keeps it inside
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How much power a device gives out compared with the power put in
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Etymology
Input comes from in- 'into' and put 'to place'. When farmers or factories 'put' resources like water, labour, or materials 'into' production, these resources are called inputs because they become part of making the product.