printout

or print-out

[ print-out ]

/ ˈprɪntˌaʊt /

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noun Computers.

output produced by a printer, generally on continuous sheets of paper.

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Origin of printout

First recorded in 1950–55; noun use of verb phrase print out

Words nearby printout

printing press, print journalism, printless, printmaker, printmaking, printout, printout paper, print shop, print spooler, print-through, print unions

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How to use printout in a sentence

Dispatchers often relied on paper printouts to see weather forecasts and figured out wind speeds by decoding strings of letters and numbers on a federal website.
Travel Is Coming Back, and Artificial Intelligence May Be Planning Your Next Flight|Alana Semuels/Seattle|May 25, 2021|Time
He was still able to get into the game by showing a printout of his results.
We tested the first state ‘vaccine passport.’ Here’s what worked — and didn’t.|Geoffrey Fowler|April 9, 2021|Washington Post
With the new technology, called the Excelsior Pass, New Yorkers can show a screen or a printout with a special code that businesses scan with an app made by the state.
We tested the first state ‘vaccine passport.’ Here’s what worked — and didn’t.|Geoffrey Fowler|April 9, 2021|Washington Post
Once it’s got a noseful, the AI matches your odors to the medical conditions that cause them and generates a printout of your health.
The Doctor Will Sniff You Now - Issue 95: Escape|Lina Zeldovich|February 3, 2021|Nautilus

So what he would do was ask friends who are traveling outside the state to take printouts and bring them back to him so he could know what he was dealing with.
Podcast: How a 135-year-old law lets India shutdown the internet|Anthony Green|September 2, 2020|MIT Technology Review

British Dictionary definitions for printout

print out

verb (tr, adverb)

(of a computer output device, such as a line printer) to produce (printed information)

noun print-out, printout

such printed information

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Other Idioms and Phrases with printout

print out

Write by drawing letters as opposed to cursive writing, as in Please print out your name above your signature.

Use a computer printer, as in This manuscript is too long to print out, so let's continue using floppy disks. [Second half of 1900s]