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output program

output program

5.9
A program that prepares computer results for printing or saving
  • noun
  • /ˈaʊtˌpʊt ˈprɒɡræm/
  • Specialized
translation icon : programa de salida
  • The output program formats the data before it is sent to the printer.

Examples

  • She installed an output program to convert text files to PDFs automatically.

  • Some systems require a specialized output program to handle different report types.

  • The output program generated a detailed report.

  • Can you run the output program now?

  • The output program organizes the results from the data analysis for easy viewing.

  • After running the simulation, the output program presented the findings in a structured format.

  • She used an output program to compile the survey results into a comprehensive report.

Synonyms

computer program
vsoutput program
  • Specialized
32 2.3

A set of instructions that tells a computer what to do

focuses on utilities that organise or manage produced results

How Complex

system program
  • Specialized
3.4
application
  • Specialized
326 3.9
output program
  • Specialized
5.9
utility
  • Specialized
49 4.4
script
  • Specialized
70 3.6

Surface Forms

output program singular
output programs plural

Morphology

output + program

The meaning 'a program that manages or organizes results' is directly and compositionally derivable from 'output' (data produced) + 'program' (software). This straightforward noun+noun compound follows common technical naming patterns found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the intended sense.

Etymology

Output program comes from a simple image: output is the stuff that 'comes out' of a computer and a program is a list of steps that tells the computer what to do. People wrote small programs to take messy results and put them into neat files or pages before printing or sending them, so the name came to mean 'a program that manages or organizes the results'.