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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: signal going into an electronic system [syn: input signal, input]
2: a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information; "from time to time she contributed a personal comment on his account" [syn: remark, comment, input]
3: any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action [syn: stimulation, stimulus, stimulant, input]
4: a component of production; something that goes into the production of output v
1: enter (data or a program) into a computer

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Date: circa 1888 1. something that is put in: as a. an amount put in <increased input of fertilizer increases crop yield> b. power or energy put into a machine or system for storage, conversion in kind, or conversion of characteristics usually with the intent of sizable recovery in the form of output c. a component of production (as land, labor, or raw materials) d. information fed into a data processing system or computer e. advice, opinion, comment f. a stimulus that acts on and is integrated into a bodily system <sensory input> 2. the means by which or the point at which an input (as of energy, material, or data) is made 3. the act or process of putting in II. transitive verb (inputted or input; inputting) Date: 1946 to enter (as data) into a computer or data processing system

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 what is put in or taken in, or operated on by any process or system. 2 Electronics a a place where, or a device through which, energy, information, etc., enters a system (a tape recorder with inputs for microphone and radio). b energy supplied to a device or system; an electrical signal. 3 the information fed into a computer. 4 the action or process of putting in or feeding in. 5 a contribution of information etc. --v.tr. (inputting; past and past part. input or inputted) (often foll. by into) 1 put in. 2 Computing supply (data, programs, etc., to a computer, program, etc.). Phrases and idioms: input- (or input/) output Computing etc. of, relating to, or for input and output. Derivatives: inputter n.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(inputs, inputting) Note: The form 'input' is used in the present tense and is the past tense and past participle. 1. Input consists of information or resources that a group or project receives. We listen to our employees and value their input... N-VAR 2. Input is information that is put into a computer. (COMPUTING) ? output 3. If you input information into a computer, you feed it in, for example by typing it on a keyboard. (COMPUTING) All this information had to be input onto the computer. VERB: be V-ed onto n

Moby Thesaurus

access, admission, entrance, entree, entry, import, importation, importing, income, incoming, infiltration, ingoing, ingress, ingression, insertion, insinuation, intake, interpenetration, introduction, introgression, intrusion, leakage, penetration, percolation, reception, seepage