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input/output

[ in-poot-out-poot ]

noun

  1. the process of input or output, encompassing the devices, techniques, media, and data used:

    A good first step in designing a program is to define the input/output.



adjective

  1. pertaining to input or output: : I/O

    Early input/output devices were slow.

input/output

noun

  1. the data or information that is passed into or out of a computer I/O
  2. modifier concerned with or relating to such passage of data or information
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of input/output1

First recorded in 1910–15

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