output

The amount of work or goods that a person, machine, or business produces.

• The factory increased its output.
• Her creative output includes three novels.
• Daily output fell when two machines broke.

Similar words: production

Common phrases: total output, annual output, increase output

Information that a computer or program sends out or shows.

• The output appears on the screen.
• Save the output in a text file.
• The program produced no output.

Similar words: results

Opposites: input

Common phrases: output file, program output, text output

To send information from a computer or program to a screen, file, or other program.

• The program outputs a list of names.
• You can output the results to a file.
• The computer output the data as a table.

How to use it: output something to something (The program outputs text to the screen.)

Common phrases: output data, output to something, output a file

To produce a certain amount of goods or finished work.

• The machine can output fifty parts daily.
• Last month, the factory output fewer units.
• This equipment outputs finished panels.

Similar words: produce, turn out

Common phrases: output goods, output something daily