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input/output

in·put/out·put
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [in-poo t-out-poo t]
    • /ˈɪnˌpʊtˈaʊtˌpʊt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [in-poo t-out-poo t]
    • /ˈɪnˌpʊtˈaʊtˌpʊt/

Definitions of input/output word

  • noun input/output 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. 1
  • adjective input/output pertaining to input or output: Early input/output devices were slow. Abbreviation: I/O. 1
  • uncountable noun input/output Input/output refers to the information that is passed into or out of a computer. 0
  • uncountable noun input/output Input/output refers to the hardware or software that controls the passing of information into or out of a computer. 0
  • noun input/output the data or information that is passed into or out of a computer 0
  • noun input/output concerned with or relating to such passage of data or information 0
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Origin of input/output

First appearance:

before 1910
One of the 15% newest English words
First recorded in 1910-15

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Parts of speech for Input/output

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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input/output popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 3% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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    (operating system)   (OS) The low-level software which handles the interface to peripheral hardware, schedules tasks, allocates storage, and presents a default interface to the user when no application program is running. The OS may be split into a kernel which is always present and various system programs which use facilities provided by the kernel to perform higher-level house-keeping tasks, often acting as servers in a client-server relationship. Some would include a graphical user interface and window system as part of the OS, others would not. The operating system loader, BIOS, or other firmware required at boot time or when installing the operating system would generally not be considered part of the operating system, though this distinction is unclear in the case of a rommable operating system such as RISC OS. The facilities an operating system provides and its general design philosophy exert an extremely strong influence on programming style and on the technical cultures that grow up around the machines on which it runs. Example operating systems include 386BSD, AIX, AOS, Amoeba, Angel, Artemis microkernel, BeOS, Brazil, COS, CP/M, CTSS, Chorus, DACNOS, DOSEXEC 2, GCOS, GEORGE 3, GEOS, ITS, KAOS, Linux, LynxOS, MPV, MS-DOS, MVS, Mach, Macintosh operating system, Microsoft Windows, MINIX, Multics, Multipop-68, Novell NetWare, OS-9, OS/2, Pick, Plan 9, QNX, RISC OS, STING, System V, System/360, TOPS-10, TOPS-20, TRUSIX, TWENEX, TYMCOM-X, Thoth, Unix, VM/CMS, VMS, VRTX, VSTa, VxWorks, WAITS.

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    a narrow strip of paper in which holes are punched in designated patterns to represent characters: formerly in common use as an input/output medium.
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