input

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   The act or process of putting in

   The act or process of putting in; infusion.

2. 2

   That which is put in, as in an amount.

3. 3

   Contribution of work or information, as an opinion or advice.

   • You can provide input via this form.
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   1. 4

      Data fed into a process with the intention of it shaping or affecting the output of that…

      Data fed into a process with the intention of it shaping or affecting the output of that process.

      • sound input
   2. 5

      An input jack.

      • model with A/V input
   3. 6

      To put in

      To put in; put on.

   4. 7

      To enter data.

      • The user inputs his date of birth and the computer displays his age.
      • An artificial-intelligence application called Sudowrite wrote the paragraph above. I inputted the text of the first section of “The Metamorphosis” and then pressed a button called Wormhole. The computer composed the continuation.
      • "The timetable is then produced using a desktop publishing package with data inputted manually, and the files then sent to the editor, Chris Woodcock, for proof-reading and conversion to PDF format.
   5. 8

      To accept data that is entered.

      • The program inputs a value for the integer variable num and compares it with the constant integer limit.

The neighborhood

• neighboroutput