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output

noun

  1. signal or data sent from system
  2. concept of accounting
  3. quantity of goods or services produced in a given time period, by a firm, industry, or country, whether consumed or used for further production
  4. output of a general process
  5. process of producing or disseminating
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verb

  1. to produce as output
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈaʊtpʊt/ / /ˈawtpɵt/ / /ˈæɔtpʊt/

noun

Etymology: From out + (verb) put; nominalisation of put out.

  1. That which is produced by something, especially that which is produced within a particular time period or from a particular effort.

    The factory increased its output this year.

    Output at the Pen-ch'i mine, which produced somewhat under 1 million tons annually during 1942-1944, was around 500,000 tons in 1949.

  2. That which is produced by something, especially that which is produced within a particular time period or from a particular effort.

    a six-page output; six pages of output

  3. That which is produced by something, especially that which is produced within a particular time period or from a particular effort.
  4. That which is produced by something, especially that which is produced within a particular time period or from a particular effort.
  5. That which is produced by something, especially that which is produced within a particular time period or from a particular effort.

verb

Etymology: From out + (verb) put; nominalisation of put out.

  1. To produce, create, or complete.

    We output 1400 units last year.

  2. To send data out of a computer, as to an output device such as a monitor or printer, or to send data from one program on the computer to another.

    When I hit enter, it outputs a bunch of numbers.