Main Entry:

¹out·put

Pronunciation:

\ˈau̇t-ˌpu̇t\

Function:

noun

Date:

circa 1858

1: something produced: as a: mineral, agricultural, or industrial production <steel output> b: mental or artistic production <literary output> c: the amount produced by a person in a given time d: power or energy produced or delivered by a machine or system (as for storage or for conversion in kind or in characteristics) <generator output> <solar X-ray output> e: the information produced by a computer 2: the act, process, or an instance of producing3: the terminal for the output on an electrical device