Output
(n.) Anything that comes out of a computer. Output can be meaningful information or gibberish, and it can appear in a variety of forms — as binary numbers, as characters, as pictures, and as printed pages. Output devices include display screens, loudspeakers, and printers.
(v.)To give out. For example, display screens output images, printers output print, and loudspeakers output sounds.
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