/ˈɪnpʊt/, [ˈɪnpʊt], [ˈɪmpʊt]
OriginFrom Middle English inputten, equivalent to in- + put.
- countable, uncountableThe act or process of putting in; infusion.
- countable, uncountableThat which is put in, as in an amount.
- countable, uncountableContribution of work or information, as an opinion or advice.
“You can provide input via this form.”
- countable, uncountableData fed into a process with the intention of it shaping or affecting the output of that process.
- countable, uncountableAn input jack.
- intransitiveTo put in; put on.
“"Following the removal of the Golborne Link from the current Bill and, given the direct importance of maintaining the benefits that the Golborne Link would have delivered for Scotland, the Transport M”
- transitiveTo 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 comput”
“"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.”
- transitiveTo accept data that is entered.
“The program inputs a value for the integer variable num and compares it with the constant integer limit.”
Formsinputs(plural) · imput(alternative, nonstandard) · inputs(present, singular, third-person) · inputting(participle, present) · input(participle, past) · input(past) · inputted(participle, past) · inputted(past)