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input meaning

EN[ˈɪnpʊt]
WInput
  • Input may refer to:
  • Advice (opinion), an opinion or recommendation offered as a guide to action, conduct
  • Input (computer science), the act of entering data into a computer or data processing system
  • Information, any data entered into a computer or data processing system
  • Input/output
  • Input device, any peripheral (piece of computer hardware equipment) used to provide data and control signals to an information processing system (such as a computer)
  • Stimulus (physiology), a detectable change in the environment that influences an activity of an organism

    Definition of input in English Dictionary

  • NounPLinputs
    1. The act or process of putting in; infusion.
      1. That which is put in, as in an amount.
        1. Contribution, or share in a contribution.
          1. Something fed into a process with the intention of it shaping or affecting the output of that process.
          2. VerbSGinputsPRinputtingPT, PPinputted
            1. (transitive) To put in; put on.
              1. (transitive) To enter data.
                1. The user inputs his date of birth and the computer displays his age.
              2. (transitive) To accept data that is entered.
              3. More Examples
                1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
                  • Any performance analysis based on stochastic simulation is subject to the errors inherent in misspecifying the modeling assumptions, particularly the input distributions.
                  • Moreover, in contrast to conventional Faraday setup, this implementation allows input photon polarized colinearly to the magnetization to be scattered to a sideband mode of orthogonal polarization.
                  • This was an unlikely tokenization of the input string.
                2. Used in the Ending of Sentence
                  • This program works correctly on all well-formed formulas but it blows up on illegal input.
                  • Iron ore producers are facing the first price fall for annual contracts in seven years as demand weakens for steelmaking inputs.
              • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
                1. Nouns
                  • Countable nouns
                  • Verbs
                    • Transitive verbs
                      • Verbs by inflection type
                        • Irregular verbs
                          • Verbs with base form identical to past participle
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                    Source: Wiktionary

                    Meaning of input for the defined word.

                    Grammatically, this word "input" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, a transitive verb and a verbs by inflection type.
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