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countable and uncountable, plural inputs
The act or process of putting in; infusion. examples
That which is put in, as in an amount. examples
Contribution of work or information, as an opinion or advice. examples
Data fed into a process with the intention of it shaping or affecting the output of that process. examples
(electronics) An input jack. examples
third-person singular simple present inputs, present participle inputting, simple past and past participle input or inputted
(transitive) To put in; put on. quotations examples
"Following the removal of the Golborne Link from the current Bill and, given the direct importance of maintaining the benefits that the Golborne Link would have delivered for Scotland, the Transport Minister has sought and received confirmation from the UK Minister of State for Transport that Scottish Government Officials will input to the consideration being given to the alternative."
2023 January 25, “Network News: Sturgeon and Burnham in secret talks to boost Scottish high-speed link”, in RAIL, number 975, page 11
(transitive) To enter data. quotations examples
An artificial-intelligence application called Sudowrite wrote the paragraph above. I inputted the text of the first section of “The Metamorphosis” and then pressed a button called Wormhole. The computer composed the continuation.
2021 April 30, Stephen Marche, “The Computers Are Getting Better at Writing”, in The New Yorker
"The timetable is then produced using a desktop publishing package with data inputted manually, and the files then sent to the editor, Chris Woodcock, for proof-reading and conversion to PDF format.
2021 September 22, John Potter tells Paul Stephen, “Your guide to Europe”, in RAIL, number 940, page 65
(transitive) To accept data that is entered. quotations examples
The program inputs a value for the integer variable num and compares it with the constant integer limit.
2009, J Stanley Warford, Computer Systems