input

noun

• 1what is put in, taken in, or operated on by any process or system:perceptions and sensory input
• a contribution of work, information, or material:there is little input from other professional members of the team
• energy supplied to a device or system; an electrical signal:the input is a low-frequency signal
• the action or process of putting or feeding something in:the input of data to the system
• the information fed into a computer or computer program:pen-based computers take input from a stylus

• 2 Electronics a place where, or a device through which, energy or information enters a system:the signal being fed through the main input

verb (inputs, inputting; past and past participle input or inputted)

• put (data) into a computer.