output

output

(1) Any computer-generated information displayed on screen, printed on paper or in machine readable form, such as disk and tape.

(2) To transfer or transmit from the computer to a peripheral device or communications line.

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output

1. Electronics

a. the power, voltage, or current delivered by a circuit or component

b. the point at which the signal is delivered

2. the power, energy, or work produced by an engine or a system

3. Computing

a. the information produced by a computer

b. the operations and devices involved in producing this information

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output [′au̇t‚pu̇t]

(computer science)

The data produced by a data-processing operation, or the information that is the objective or goal in data processing.

The data actively transmitted from within the computer to an external device, or onto a permanent recording medium (paper, microfilm).

The activity of transmitting the generated information.

The readable storage medium upon which generated data are written, as in hard-copy output.

(electronics)

The current, voltage, power, driving force, or information which a circuit or device delivers.

Terminals or other places where a circuit or device can deliver current, voltage, power, driving force, or information.

(science and technology)

The product of a system.

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(architecture)

output - Data transferred from a computer system to the outside world via some kind of output device. Opposite: input.