[out.put] n (ca. 1858) 1: something produced: as a: mineral, agricultural, or industrial production "steel ~" b: mental or artistic production "literary ~" c: the amount produced by a person in a given time d: power or energy produced or delivered by a machine or system (as for storage or for conversion in kind or in characteristics) "solar X-ray ~" e: the information produced by a computer
2: the act, process, or an instance of producing
3: the terminal for the output on an electrical device
[2]output vt out.put.ted or output ; out.put.ting (1858): to produce as output