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out·put

   [out-poot] noun, verb, -put·ted or -put, -put·ting.
noun
1.
the act of turning out; production: the factory's output of cars; artistic output.
2.
the quantity or amount produced, as in a given time: to increase one's daily output.
3.
the material produced or yield; product.
4.
the current, voltage, power, or signal produced by an electrical or electronic circuit or device. Compare input (def. 4).
5.
Computers.
a.
information in a form suitable for transmission from internal to external units of a computer, or to an outside medium.
b.
the process of transferring data from internal storage to an external medium, as paper or microfilm.
EXPAND
6.
the power or force produced by a machine.
COLLAPSE
verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
7.
Computers. to transfer (information) from internal storage to an external medium.
8.
to produce; turn out.

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Origin:
1855–60; out- + put

Related forms
su·per·out·put, noun
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output
1839, from out and put. Till c.1880, a technical term in the iron and coal trade. The verb is attested from c.1300, originally "to expel;" meaning "to produce" is from 1858.
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Medical Dictionary

output out·put (out'p&oobreve;t')
n.
The amount produced, ejected, or excreted by an entity during a specified time.

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output   (out'pt')  Pronunciation Key 

  1. The energy, power, or work produced by a system or device.

  2. The information that a computer produces by processing a specific input.


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