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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. Something put into a system or expended in its operation to achieve output or a result, especially:
  2. n. Energy, work, or power used to drive a machine.
  3. n. Current, electromotive force, or power supplied to an electric circuit, network, or device.
  4. n. Computer Science Information put into a communications system for transmission or into a computer system for processing.
  5. n. Computer Science A position, terminal, or station at which input enters a system.
  6. n. Any of the items, including materials, equipment, and funds, required for production.
  7. n. The act of putting in; infusion: a steady input of fuel.
  8. n. An amount put in.
  9. n. Usage Problem Contribution of information or a comment or viewpoint: a discussion with input from all members of the group.
  10. n. Usage Problem Information in general.
  11. v. Computer Science To enter (data or a program) into a computer.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. To put in; put on.
  2. n. Contribution, or share in a contribution.
  3. n. Specifically, the power which is received by any machine. It includes the power actually required to do the work performed by the machine and the power necessary to run the machine itself.
  4. n. The amount of food material introduced into the body.

Wiktionary

  1. n. The act or process of putting in; infusion.
  2. n. That which is put in, as in an amount.
  3. n. Contribution, or share in a contribution.
  4. n. Something fed into a process with the intention of it shaping or affecting the outputs of that process.
  5. v. transitive To put in; put on.
  6. v. transitive To enter data.
  7. v. transitive To accept data that is entered.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a component of production; something that goes into the production of output
  2. v. enter (data or a program) into a computer
  3. n. a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information
  4. n. signal going into an electronic system
  5. n. any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action

Etymologies

  1. From Middle English inputten, equivalent to in- +‎ put. (Wiktionary)

Examples

  • “AssumeFPS ( "ntsc_film") set input = D: \test. avs set output = D: \imgseqtest_v. mkv set ref = 5 set bframes = 5 set x264Path = D: \x264. exe % x264Path% % input% -- preset fast -- ref % ref% -- bframes % bframes% -- output % output% avs [warning]: converting input clip to YV12 avs [info]”

    Doom9's Forum

  • “Returns an array indexed using the keys from the $input array. pattern: The pattern to search for, as a string. flags: If set to PREG_GREP_INVERT, this function returns the elements of the input array that do not match the given $pattern. preg_last_error (void)”

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  • “In parenting you also have a very close team effort of the parties involved to make the best informed decision for the child they look after ... it is not absurd that they obtain input from the child (third party) ... and it is not absurd that the decision they make isn't always the right one.”

    Palin fires back at Schwarzenegger

  • “After so many responses, I feel like my input is almost meaningless, but I will post because I feel so strongly about this topic.”

    Is The Desktop PC Dead? | Lifehacker Australia

  • “Because the input is actually scraping this page for the urls, as long as the format doesn't change, the pipe should stay up-to-date with this page.”

    SF/F Writers Who Blog

  • “Your input is limited and so your actiosn are limited.”

    In Defense Of The Classic Controller

  • “One thing about music and games that might differ in the future is input from the user.”

    Tunes For Thought

  • “She writes: I said that getting input is important, and has to happen.”

    The Washington Post: DeMorning DeBonis: Nov. 1, 2010

  • “That level of input is still better than no input at all.”

    2010 March | Zeeshan Hamid

  • “The fellow will be assigned a primary mentor during the program whose job it will be to monitor progress and solicit evaluation input from the faculty.”

    Center for Fetal Research & the Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy Fellowship

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hypernyms (10)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. element
  2. component
  1. constituent
  2. infix
  1. introduce
  2. enter
  1. insert
  2. sign
  1. signaling
  2. signal

same context (16)

Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. output
  2. data
  3. circuit
  1. interface
  2. signal
  3. component
  1. measurement
  2. parameter
  3. access
  1. module
  2. sensor
  3. monitor
  1. source
  2. terminal
  3. format
  1. filter

reverse dictionary (104)

Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. keypad
  2. digital scanner
  3. image scanner
  4. scanner
  5. computer keyboard
  6. joystick
  7. throughput
  8. response
  9. slide rule
  10. feedback
  11. disassembler
  12. CPU
  13. 55Holy
  14. amplidyne
  15. vBeat
  16. assembler
  17. word processing
  18. mechanical advantage
  19. dispatcher
  20. doubler
  1. discriminator
  2. efficient
  3. Leontief
  4. transducer
  5. password
  6. GIGO
  7. underdrive
  8. subaddress
  9. scalar
  10. pointing device
  11. pen-based
  12. pen computer
  13. loading program
  14. identity function
  15. gamma correction
  16. angular gyrus
  17. stylus
  18. buffer
  19. computer
  20. wassily leontief
  1. amplitude modulation
  2. frequency modulation
  3. expandor
  4. logic gate
  5. dialog box
  6. torque converter
  7. primary coil
  8. hang
  9. key
  10. prompt
  11. input
  12. output-to-input ratio
  13. positive feedback
  14. receive
  15. reduction gear
  16. reproductive memory
  17. screen saver
  18. sensory deprivation
  19. thrill
  20. cascade
  1. effector
  2. efficiency
  3. drop
  4. nonlinear
  5. field
  6. fidelity
  7. tune
  8. gain
  9. parse
  10. matrix
  11. station
  12. mouse
  13. output
  14. feedback circuit
  15. feedback loop
  16. frequency response
  17. front projector
  18. graphical user interface
  19. gui
  20. input data
  1. input file
  2. input program
  3. linear
  4. loop gain
  5. mixer
  6. negative feedback
  7. negative feedback circuit
  8. nonlinear distortion
  9. pickup
  10. regenerate
  11. regeneration
  12. reproduction
  13. accumulator
  14. accumulator register
  15. amplification
  16. amplitude distortion
  17. analog
  18. analogue
  19. console
  20. control circuit
  1. distortion
  2. PC
  3. toggle switch
  4. window

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