input
Noun
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same as: input signal
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is a type of: statement - a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etcsubtypes:
- ad-lib - remark made spontaneously without prior preparation
- courtesy - a courteous or respectful or considerate remark
- gambit, ploy - an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker
- obiter dictum, passing comment - an incidental remark
- mention, reference - a remark that calls attention to something or someone
- observation, reflection, reflexion - a remark expressing careful consideration
- rib - a teasing remark
- crack, quip, sally, wisecrack - witty remark
- barb, dig, gibe, jibe, shaft, shot, slam - an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
- conversation stopper, stopper - a remark to which there is no polite conversational reply
- banality, bromide, cliche, commonplace, platitude - a trite or obvious remark
- zinger - a striking or amusing or caustic remark
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is a type of: information - knowledge acquired through study or experience or instructionsubtypes:
- elicitation, evocation, induction - stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors
- kick - the sudden stimulation provided by strong drink (or certain drugs)
- turn-on - something causing excitement or stimulating interest
- negative stimulation, turnoff - something causing antagonism or loss of interest
- conditioned stimulus - the stimulus that is the occasion for a conditioned response
- reinforcement, reinforcer, reinforcing stimulus - (psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it
- cue, discriminative stimulus - a stimulus that provides information about what to do
- positive stimulus - a stimulus with desirable consequences
- negative stimulus - a stimulus with undesirable consequences
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is a type of: component, constituent, element - an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system
Verb
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referred to in: computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures
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