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.