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in·put (in′po̵ot′)

noun

  1. the act of putting in
  2. what is put in; specif.,
    1. the amount of money, material, effort, etc. put into a project or process; investment
    2. electric current, voltage, or power put into a circuit, machine, etc.
    3. data or programs entered or to be entered into a computer for processing
    4. any offered information, as an opinion or advice
  3. a terminal connection for receiving electric power or signals

transitive verb -·put′, -·put′·ting

to enter (data) into a computer

adjective

of or relating to computer input

input Related Forms
in′·put′·ter noun
input Synonyms

input

n.

raw data, information, facts, figures; see data.

input Synonyms

input

v.

enter, keyboard, key in, feed in, insert, code; see also include 2, record 1.

input Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • fertilizer: Other factors include: Conversion to grass leys by plowing, reseeding and a high input of fertilizers.

Converse of object

  • require: The team will require regular inputs from a number of other functional areas.

Adjective modifier

  • sensory: All human beings can read the sensory input around them.
  • analog: A stereo pair of analog tape inputs ( RCA pin jacks ) is also provided.
  • audio: Two audio inputs - perfect for plugging an audio mic or guitar into GarageBand.
  • mic: Highly expandable, Venue allows up to 96 mic inputs to be mixed to 27 busses.
  • external: In addition, subject areas are reviewed every three years through a subject and program quality review scheme that includes external input.
  • keyworded: Currently only works for Sun Grid Engine enabled clusters. [ Default False ] END End keyworded input.

Modifies a noun

  • stream: White space characters serve only to separate tokens in the input stream.
  • NDF: This allows input NDF sections to be specified in the name of the data set.
  • file: An example input file with three data sets is shown below.
  • voltage: Choosing the right device - Outputs, Transistor inverter, Input voltage, Output voltage.
  • parameter: Every bit in the output number is the opposite of its equivalent in the input parameter.
  • signal: For example, if measuring pressure, the input signal can be scaled to give the reading directly in psi.

Noun used with modifier

  • analog: There are five analog bass management inputs with selectable crossover for 5.1 surround sound production.
  • microphone: It's a converter which changes two microphone inputs into a USB port.
  • data: The guarded input stream uses the internal lock provided by the synchronized data input stream class to which it is attached to enforce synchronization.
  • keyboard: This behavior is commonly and implicitly obtained by selecting the link ( e.g. , by clicking, through keyboard input, etc.
  • sediment: Numerical Model Simulates the impact of alternative operating policies or changed water and sediment inputs on future sedimentation.
  • phono: This small adapter plugs into spare phono inputs on your Hi-fi.