Origin: Germanic Old English prefix
Output has 8 different meanings across 2 categories:
final product; the things produced
"The factory's new efficiency measures have significantly increased its daily output of smartphones."
signal that comes out of an electronic system
"The technician adjusted the gain to improve the audio output from the speakers."
the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time)
"production was up in the second quarter"
Production; quantity produced, created, or completed.
"The factory's output of cars increased by twenty percent after the new assembly line was installed."
In plain English: Output is the result or product that comes out of an action or machine.
"The computer's output was displayed clearly on the screen."
Usage: Use "output" as a noun to describe the total amount of work, product, or data generated by a person, machine, or process over a specific period. Avoid using it to refer to the act of producing something itself, which is better expressed with a verb like "produce" or "generate."
to create or manufacture a specific amount
"the computer is outputting the data from the job I'm running"
To produce, create, or complete.
"After hours of debugging, she finally managed to output a working version of the code."
In plain English: To output something means to send data from a computer program to your screen, printer, or speakers so you can see or hear it.
"The printer output the document immediately after I clicked print."
Usage: Use "output" as a verb to describe producing data, results, or content from a machine, program, or process. It is not typically used for creating physical objects or completing general tasks by hand.
The word output comes from combining "out" with the verb "put." It originally meant the act of putting something outside or away.