input data

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsinput file

   Broadercomputer file

   computer science

Questions about input data

What does input data mean?

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

What is another word for input data?

Close synonyms include input file. 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 input data a common word?

input data 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.