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to output

to output

5 3.6
To make a computer send data or results
  • verb
  • /ˈaʊtˌpʊt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : generar
  • This printer can output documents in high quality quickly.
  • outputs a signal
  • output a set
  • output bytes

It draws small input current and outputs massive current like in audio amplifiers and such.

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Examples

  • Intel based Airs had no trouble outputting to multiple monitors.

  • When this goes low, it outputs the contents of RAM to the bus.

  • Then that top card would output the final image to the screen.

  • The printer port would no longer output, which was the whole reason I was there.

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  • Solar cells work exactly the same way because one cell might output very low levels of voltage and current.

    Academic text (2011)
  • You feed such programs observations, and they output math that explains those observations.

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  • Even simpler: The WP Form Manager actually allows you to directly output a plain text table.

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  • Ignoring round-off error, the two programs are functionally equivalent; given the same file, they output the same result.

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  • Personally, I would remove any plugins that output data in this manner, simply because they're outdated.

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  • More top-of-the-line phones can even output to an HDTV; certainly, desktop-PC-like resolutions are supported.

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Synonyms

to read out
vsto output
  • Specialized
1 3.4

To show measured values from a device on a screen

is more general, meaning produce or deliver data or results beyond measured readings

Compounds

cardiac output
  • Specialized
1 4.6

The amount of blood the heart pumps each minute

output device
  • Specialized
1 3.5

Something that sends computer information so people can see or hear it, like a screen

output signal
  • Specialized
1 3.9

An electrical message a device sends after it processes input

output file
  • Specialized
1 3.0

A computer file that stores data produced by a program

output routine
  • Specialized
5.8

Part of a program that sends data to a device like a printer or screen

output-to-input ratio
  • Specialized
6.0

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

output contract
  • Specialized
6.4

An agreement in which a seller must sell all its products to one buyer who has to buy them

output program
  • Specialized
5.9

A program that prepares computer results for printing or saving

How Natural

explanation
1.0
verbalization
  • Specialized
8.1
to output
  • Specialized
5 3.6
technicality
  • Specialized
8 6.9

Surface Forms

output infinitive
outputted past
outputted past participle
outputting present participle
outputs third person singular

Etymology

The verb output is built from out- 'out' and put 'place' or 'send', so to output is to 'put out' information or a result. That is why when a computer outputs a file it is 'sending out' that data.