input
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Middle English inputten, equivalent to in- + put.
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈɪnpʊt/
[edit] Noun
input (plural inputs)
- The act or process of putting in; infusion.
- That which is put in, as in an amount.
- Contribution, or share in a contribution.
- Something fed into a process with the intention of it shaping or affecting the outputs of that process.
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[edit] Translations
something fed into a process
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[edit] Verb
input (third-person singular simple present inputs, present participle inputting, simple past and past participle input or inputted)
- (transitive) To put in; put on.
- (transitive) To enter data.
- The user inputs his date of birth and the computer displays his age.
- (transitive) To accept data that is entered.
- 2009, J Stanley Warford, Computer Systems
- The program inputs a value for the integer variable num and compares it with the constant integer limit.
- 2009, J Stanley Warford, Computer Systems
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to enter data
