input

n.

1. Something put into a system or expended in its operation to achieve output or a result, especially:
   1. Energy, work, or power used to drive a machine.
   2. Current, electromotive force, or power supplied to an electric circuit, network, or device.
   3. Computer Science. Information put into a communications system for transmission or into a computer system for processing.
   4. Computer Science. A position, terminal, or station at which input enters a system.
   5. Any of the items, including materials, equipment, and funds, required for production.
2. 1. The act of putting in; infusion: a steady input of fuel.
   2. An amount put in.
3. Usage Problem.
   1. Contribution of information or a comment or viewpoint: a discussion with input from all members of the group.
   2. Information in general.

tr.v. Computer Science, -put·ted, or -put, -put·ting, -puts.
To enter (data or a program) into a computer.

USAGE NOTE   The noun input has been used as a technical term for about a century in fields such as physics and electrical engineering, but its recent popularity grows out of its use in computer science, where it refers to data or signals entered into a system for processing or transmission. In general discourse input is now widely used to refer to the transmission of information and opinion, as in The report questioned whether a President thus shielded had access to a sufficiently varied input to have a realistic picture of the nation or The nominee herself had no input on housing policy. In this last sentence the meaning of the term is uncertain: it may mean either that the nominee provided no opinions to the policymakers or that she received no information about housing policy. This vagueness in the nontechnical use of input may be one reason that some critics have objected to it (including, in an earlier survey, a majority of the Usage Panel). Though the usage is well established, care should be taken not to use the word merely as a way to imply an unwarranted scientific precision.

(1) Data that is ready for entry into the computer.

(2) To enter data into the computer.

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1. Information fed into a computer from another source. In some computer systems this information must be coded on special cards, called punch cards, and then fed into the system through a scanning process. In other systems this information can be fed into the computer directly through the keyboard. See also data entry; output.

2. (informal) individual's ideas on a given subject, as in "We need Ms. Jones' input on this problem."

Data fed into a computer for processing. (Note that the terms input and output are always used from the computer's point of view.) The computer receives input through an input device, such as a keyboard, or from a storage device, such as a disk drive.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - input, inddata, indlæsning, indgang, indgangseffekt, tilslutning
v. tr. - indlæse, indtaste, tilføre

Nederlands (Dutch)
invoer, input, ingang, toevoer, gegevens, invoeren

Français (French)
n. - apport (d'argent), alimentation (d'énergie), contribution, (Ind) facteur de production, (Comput) saisie des données, données d'entrée ou à traiter, bloc d'entrée
adj. - d'entrée, de saisie
v. tr. - (Comput) saisir (données), entrer des données dans un ordinateur

Deutsch (German)
n. - Eingabe, Input
v. - eingeben
adj. - Eingabe-

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - είσοδος, τροφοδοσία (μηχανής κ.λπ.), εισαγόμενη ποσότητα, (Η/Υ) εισαγωγή δεδομένων ή εντολών προγράμματος
v. - εισάγω, τροφοδοτώ
adj. - εισαγόμενος

Italiano (Italian)
input, entrata, inserire

Português (Portuguese)
n. - quantidade (f) entrada ou consumida
v. - dar entrada a (Comp.)
adj. - de entrada

Русский (Russian)
вклад, инвестиции, затраты, ввод (информации), вводить (данные), входной, исходный

Español (Spanish)
n. - entrada, potencia de entrada
adj. - de entrada
v. tr. - introducir, ingresar

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - insats, intag, ineffekt (elektr.), tillförd energi, in(matnings)data
v. - inmata (data)
adj. - ingångs-, inmatnings-

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
输入

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 輸入
v. tr. - 輸入

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 투입, 입력
v. tr. - 입력하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 投入量, 入力, 投入
v. - 電算機に入れる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الزاد : التزويد بالطاقه, المدخل, المواد أو المعلومات المدخله أو المزود بها (فعل) يدخل, يزود بالطاقه (صفه) المزود به, له علاقه بالإدخال أو المدخلات‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮תשומה, קלט (במחשב), המקום בו מידע או אנרגיה נכנסים למערכת, אנרגיה המסופקת למיתקן או למערכת, הכנסת מידע או אנרגיה למערכת, אות חשמלי‬
v. tr. - ‮סיפק נתונים, תוכניות וכו' למחשב‬

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Input Adapters	Input Device
Standard Input	Dv Input