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output

[ out-poot ]

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.
    1. information in a form suitable for transmission from internal to external units of a computer, or to an outside medium.
    2. the process of transferring data from internal storage to an external medium, as paper or microfilm.
  6. the power or force produced by a machine.


verb (used with or without object)

outputted or output, outputting.
  1. Computers. to transfer (information) from internal storage to an external medium.
  2. to produce; turn out.

output

/ ˈʊˌʊ /

noun

  1. the act of production or manufacture
  2. Also calledoutturn the amount produced, as in a given period

    a high weekly output

  3. the material produced, manufactured, yielded, etc
  4. electronics
    1. the power, voltage, or current delivered by a circuit or component
    2. the point at which the signal is delivered
  5. the power, energy, or work produced by an engine or a system
  6. computing
    1. the information produced by a computer
    2. the operations and devices involved in producing this information See also input/output
  7. modifier of or relating to electronic, computer, or other output

    output device

    output signal

    output tax

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. computing to cause (data) to be emitted as output
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

output

  1. The energy, power, or work produced by a system or device.
  2. The information that a computer produces by processing a specific input.
  3. Compare input device
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Other Word Forms

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Word History and Origins

Origin of output1

First recorded in 1855–60; out- + put
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They have also upped the electrical capacity so that about 50% of the total power output will come from the electrical part of the engine, and will run on 100% sustainable fuel.

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One building block of this approach is the famous concept of a black box, where you know the inputs and outputs, but not what’s going on inside.

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The industry, including the Port of Long Beach, transportation workers and far-flung warehouses, contributed nearly $300 billion in direct economic output and an estimated $93.3 billion in tax revenue in 2022, according to the report.

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He added at the end of the financial year, debt remained "close to the annual value of the output of the economy, at levels last seen in the early 1960s".

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Southern California’s trade and logistics industry in 2022 contributed nearly $300 billion in direct economic output and generated an estimated $93.3 billion in tax revenue, according to the development corporation’s report.

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