input/output

[ in-poot-out-poot ]

/ ˈɪnˌpʊtˈaʊtˌpʊt /

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noun

the process of input or output, encompassing the devices, techniques, media, and data used: A good first step in designing a program is to define the input/output.

adjective

pertaining to input or output: Early input/output devices were slow.Abbreviation: I/O

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Origin of input/output

First recorded in 1910–15

Words nearby input/output

in proportion, in propria persona, in public, input, input device, input/output, input-output analysis, inqilab, inquartation, inquest, in question

How to use input/output in a sentence

World GDP (including North Pole toyshop gross output) is $84.97 trillion.
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Eventually, their output is worth five times that much to those who transport it globally.
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Of course, the output of this cinematic tradition has been mostly male-dominated.
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But a recently purchased automated bottling line has increased their output to sixty cases per hour.
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The output of CO2 by industrialization and other human activities—also rising, also measured.
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In proportion as the quantity produced is increased the lower must the price be set in order to sell the whole output.
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The output of the Boston Company's mine, according to the authority just cited, is about 400 tons per annum.
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The output of this is not large, but the quality was very good, and this in consequence is no doubt a very paying mine.
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Although the demand for agricultural commodities has increased, the output per worker in agriculture has increased more rapidly.
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Virginia furnishes approximately 3% of the total annual output of this product in the United States.
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British Dictionary definitions for input/output

input/output

noun computing

the data or information that is passed into or out of a computerAbbreviation: I/O

(modifier) concerned with or relating to such passage of data or information

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