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Output \Out"put`\, n.
1. The amount or quantity of a material or product that is
produced by a mine, factory, or any system for production
of commercial goods, such as the amount of coal or ore put
out from one or more mines, or the quantity of material
produced by, or turned out from, one or more furnaces or
mills, in a given time; production.
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2. The materials, profits, or information produced by any
system.
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3. (Physiol.) That which is thrown out as products of the
metabolic activity of the body; the egesta other than the
faeces. See {Income}.
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Note: The output consists of: (a) The respiratory products of
the lungs, skin, and alimentary canal, consisting
chiefly of carbonic acid and water with small
quantities of hydrogen and carbureted hydrogen. (b)
Perspiration, consisting chiefly of water and salts.
(c) The urine, which is assumed to contain all the
nitrogen truly excreted by the body, besides a large
quantity of saline matters and water. --Foster.
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4. The power, voltage, or current produced by a device to
generate or regulate electrical power; as, the power
supply had a maximum output of 250 milliamps.
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5. (Computers) The data or information produced by operation
of a computer program or subroutine for transfer to
another program or to an external device. The output of
one program may be used as the {input} to another program.
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