INPUT DATA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does input data mean? 

• INPUT DATA (noun)
  The noun INPUT DATA has 1 sense:

1. (computer science) a computer file that contains data that serve as input to a device or program

  Familiarity information: INPUT DATA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INPUT DATA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(computer science) a computer file that contains data that serve as input to a device or program

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

input data; input file

Hypernyms ("input data" is a kind of...):

computer file ((computer science) a file maintained in computer-readable form)

Domain category:

computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)

 Context examples 

A published API which receives data in the form of objects, performs computations based upon the input data, and returns information to a client via the grid in the form of one or more objects.

(Analytical Grid Service, NCI Thesaurus)