out|put

out|put
out|put «noun. OWT PUT; verb. OWT PUT, owt PUT», noun, verb, -put, -put|ting.
–n.
1. the amount produced; product or yield: »

the daily output of automobiles.

2. the act of putting forth; production: »

With a sudden output of effort he moved the rock.

3. the power or energy produced as by a machine: »

The power output of a transformer is necessarily less than the power input because of the unavoidable loss in the form of heat (Sears and Zemansky).

4. information supplied by a computer.
–v.t.
to put out or deliver from the storage unit: »

The computer, though it may hoard a large quantity of information, will output only a very small quantity: the replies to specific questions that are put to it (Tom Margerison).


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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