input file

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsinput data

   Broadercomputer file

   computer science

Questions about input file

What does input file mean?

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

What is another word for input file?

Close synonyms include input data. 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 file a common word?

input file 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.