Definition of Input
Input
in·put


Definition/Meaning
(noun)
Data or information entered into a computer or system.

e.g. The user must provide the correct input to access the secure database.

(noun)
broadly, something that is taken or put into a system or process or the amount that is put in, such as energy supplied or information fed in;

e.g. The machine receives its electrical input through this cable.

(noun)
the action or process of feeding or putting something into a system or process;

e.g. The blockage in the pipe disrupted the input of water to the tank.

(noun)
the point at which something such as information or energy enters a system or process, or the means by which the thing enters;

e.g. The wires had been pulled from the input, cutting off signal to the device.

(verb)
to enter (put) some information into a computer or some other system;

e.g. She started to input the data from her notebook into the spreadsheet.



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