input

English

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Etymology

From Middle English inputten, equivalent to in- +‎ put.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɪnpʊt/

Noun

input (plural inputs)

1. The act or process of putting in; infusion.
2. That which is put in, as in an amount.
3. Contribution, or share in a contribution.
4. Something fed into a process with the intention of it shaping or affecting the outputs of that process.

Derived terms

• input device

Related terms

• output

Translations

something fed into a process

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 輸入 (cmn), 输入 (cmn) (shūrù)

• Czech: vstup (cs) m
• Dutch: invoer (nl)
• Finnish: syöte (fi)
• French: entrée (fr) f
• German: Eingabe (de) f

• Japanese: 入力 (ja) (にゅうりょく, nyūryoku), インプット (ja) (inputto)
• Macedonian: внос (mk) (vnos) m, влез (mk) (vlez) m, вложување (mk) (vložúvanje) n
• Polish: wkład (pl)
• Romanian: intrare (ro) f, intrări (ro) f pl; (process): alimentare f sg
• Russian: ввод (ru) (vvod) m
• Serbo-Croatian: unos (sh)
• Spanish: insumo (es) m
• Turkish: girdi (tr)

Verb

input (third-person singular simple present inputs, present participle inputting, simple past and past participle input or inputted)

1. (transitive) To put in; put on.
2. (transitive) To enter data.

   The user inputs his date of birth and the computer displays his age.

3. (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.

Translations

to enter data

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 輸入 (cmn), 输入 (cmn) (shūrù)

• Dutch: ingeven (nl), invoeren (nl)
• Finnish: syöttää (fi)
• French: rentrer (fr)
• German: eingeben (de)
• Indonesian: memasukkan (id)

• Japanese: 入力する (ja) (にゅうりょくする, nyūryoku-suru)
• Macedonian: внeсува (mk) (vnésuva)
• Persian: درونداد (fa), دروندادن (fa)
• Polish: wprowadzać dane (pl)
• Romanian: introduce (ro) (date)
• Russian: вводить (ru) (vvodít') impf., ввести (ru) (vvestí) pf.

Anagrams

• Putin, put in