Input is the term denoting either an entrance or changes which are inserted into a system and which activate/modify a process. It is an abstract concept, used in the modeling, system(s) design and system(s) exploitation. It is usually connected with other terms, e.g., input field, input variable, input parameter, input value, input signal, input port, input device and input file (file format).
Input may refer to:
- Advice (opinion), an opinion or recommendation offered as a guide to action, conduct
- Information, any data entered into a computer or data processing system, see input output
- The act of entering data into a computer or data processing system (see Input/output)
- Input device, any peripheral (piece of computer hardware equipment) used to provide data and control signals to an information processing system (such as a computer)
- Stimulus (physiology), a detectable change in the environment that influences an activity of an organism
- Power consumption, an amount of power used by a system
- International Public Television Screening Conference, an international public television organization
- In economics, a factor of production, a resource employed to produce goods and services
Famous quotes containing the word input:
“Family life is not a computer program that runs on its own; it needs continual input from everyone.”
—Neil Kurshan (20th century)
“Celebrity is a mask that eats into the face. As soon as one is aware of being “somebody,” to be watched and listened to with extra interest, input ceases, and the performer goes blind and deaf in his overanimation. One can either see or be seen.”
—John Updike (b. 1932)