data input device

1. 1.

   a device that can be used to insert data into a computer or other computational device

   Synonymsinput device

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Questions about data input device

What does data input device mean?

data input device means "a device that can be used to insert data into a computer or other computational device".

What is another word for data input device?

Close synonyms include input device. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is data input device a common word?

data input device is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.