Dictionary › O › output
output
2 syllables · also outputted, outputtingYour browser doesn’t have built-in voices. Try Chrome, Edge or Safari.
As a noun, output means that which is produced by something, especially that which is produced within a particular time period or from a particular effort. As a verb, it means produce, create, or complete.
Meanings of output
11 meaningsnoun
That which is produced by something, especially that which is produced within a particular time period or from a particular effort.
economicsProduction; quantity produced, created, or completed.
“The factory increased its output this year.”
computingData sent out of the computer, as to output device such as a monitor or printer, or data sent from one program on the computer to another.
“a six-page output; six pages of output”
medicineThe flow rate of body liquids such as blood and urine.
electrical engineeringThe amount of power produced by a particular system.
Final product; the things produced
Similar: end productProduction of a certain amount
Similar: yieldSignal that comes out of an electronic system
Similar: output signal
verb
economicsTo produce, create, or complete.
“We output 1400 units last year.”
computingTo send data out of a computer, as to an output device such as a monitor or printer, or to send data from one program on the computer to another.
“When I hit enter, it outputs a bunch of numbers.”
To create or manufacture a specific amount
“the computer is outputting the data from the job I'm running”
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).