Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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adj
in/out, input/output (descriptive of data flow)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Qualifier: also nominalised
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Abbreviation of input/output.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable, usually
Topics: business, computing, electrical, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, energy, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
prep
Initialism of instead of.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
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Across languages
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
