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input


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verb
in·put·ted or inputin·put·ting

Definition of INPUT

transitive verb
: to enter (as data) into a computer or data processing system
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Examples of INPUT

  1. She inputted the sales figures into the spreadsheet.

First Known Use of INPUT

1946

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