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out·put (o̵ut′po̵ot′)

noun

    1. the work done or amount produced by a person, machine, production line, manufacturing plant, etc., esp. over a given period
    2. the act of producing
    1. information, resulting from computer processing, that is delivered to a user, as printout or video display, or transferred to disk or tape
    2. the act or process of delivering or transferring this information
  3. Elec.
    1. the useful voltage, current, or power delivered by amplifiers, generators, receivers, etc. or by a circuit
    2. the terminal where such energy is delivered

adjective

of or relating to computer output

transitive verb output -·put′, outputting -·put′·ting

to deliver or transfer (computer output)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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