output

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Etymology

From out + put.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈaʊtpʊt/

Noun

output

1. That which is produced by something, especially that which is produced within a particular time period or from a particular effort.
   1. (economics) Production; quantity produced, created, or completed.

      • The factory increased its output this year.

   2. (computing) Data sent out of the computer, as to output device such as a monitor or printer, or data sent from one program on the computer to another.

      a six-page output; six pages of output

   3. (medicine) The flow rate of body liquids such as blood and urine.
   4. (electrical engineering) The amount of power produced by a particular system.
   5. (computing, electrical engineering) The terminal through which the data or power is delivered from the source, output terminal.

Translations

• Italian: risultato, produzione
• Portuguese: produção
• Russian: произво́дство
• Spanish: producción

Translations

• French: sortie
• German: Ausgabe
• Italian: uscita
• Portuguese: saída
• Russian: вы́вод
• Spanish: salida

Verb

output (outputs, present participle outputting; simple past and past participle output)

1. (economics) To produce, create, or complete.

   We output 1400 units last year.

2. (computing) 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.

Translations

• French: produire
• German: ausgeben
• Spanish: producir

Translations

• French: exporter
• German: ausgeben

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