INPUT
What does "INPUT" mean?
What is put into a system, process, or device, or one's contribution of ideas.
Meanings
- Data or signals fed into a computer or device. The program crashed when it received unexpected input. technical
- Advice, ideas, or contributions offered to a decision or project. Thanks for your input - it changed how we framed the launch.
- Resources, energy, or material fed into a process or economic activity. Fertilizer and labor are the farm's main inputs. technical
- To enter data into a computer or device. She inputted the figures by hand from the old ledger. technical
Word origin
A compound of 'in' plus 'put'; an old dialectal and accounting term revived and popularized in the computer era to pair with 'output'.
Remember it
INPUT is what you PUT IN; OUTPUT is what comes out - the system's two doors.
A little poem
Feed it kindness and it answers kind;
the output is only the input refined.
couplet
Wordplay
- I asked the computer for its honest input. It said, 'Garbage in, garbage out - and you've been very generous.'
What it teaches
Watch what you feed any system, mind or machine; the output never rises above its input.
Quick facts
What does INPUT mean?
What is put into a system, process, or device, or one's contribution of ideas.
Is INPUT a valid word?
Yes — INPUT is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is INPUT?
INPUT has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does INPUT come from?
A compound of 'in' plus 'put'; an old dialectal and accounting term revived and popularized in the computer era to pair with 'output'.
What can INPUT teach us?
Watch what you feed any system, mind or machine; the output never rises above its input.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.