inputting

noun

Data fed into a process with the intention of it shaping or affecting the output of that process.

Contribution of work or information, as an opinion or advice.

That which is put in, as in an amount.

The act or process of putting in; infusion.

(electronics) An input jack.

verb

(transitive) To enter data.

(transitive) To accept data that is entered.

(intransitive) To put in; put on.

Roots

inin- · Latin · in, into putianput- · English · to place, thrust -ing-ting · English · present participle

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