See Also: Input(money)
input(1)(dictionary)
input(2)(dictionary)
input 1, noun(dictionary)
input 2, verb(dictionary)
Input-output tables(money)
Input output tables(finance)
input-output analysis(encyclopedia)

input(1) (iou)



input noun. E16.
[from IN-1 + PUT noun1.]
An insertion. Scot. Only in E16.
A sum put in; a contribution. Scot. M17.
What is put into or utilized by any process or system; something contributed to a whole. L19.
C. Hope We weren't connected to the structures of Government power, we had no input there.
b. The energy supplied to a machine; spec. an electrical signal entering an electronic device. E20.
c. Economics. The total resources (including raw materials, manpower, etc.) necessary to production, which are deducted from output in calculating profits. E20.
Ecologist The poor..never will be able to pay for..the inputs required for technological agriculture.
d. Data or program instructions fed into or processed by a computer. M20.
A place where or a device through which an input (esp. an electrical signal) may enter a system. E20.
Hi-Fi Sound This recorder has inputs for microphone, radio and magnetic and/or ceramic pickup cartridges.
The process of putting in or feeding in; esp. the feeding of data etc. into a computer. M20.
H. M. Rosenberg A counter..enables the data to be recorded automatically in digital form for computer input.