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input data

n. (computer science) a computer file that contains data that serve as input to a device or program [syn: input file]

Usage examples of "input data".

Many times they had input data concerning how biological consciousnesses carried out something similar in Datawell, but for the life of them, neither Pathfinder could ever understand exactly what that act was.

The computer can't give better results than the input data, and your intelligence about the hostiles is plain lousy.

Renie could not help noticing how much his movements resembled someone using squeezers to input data.

We argue about the kind of logic that he uses, but whatever it is he can't draw conclusions without input data.

See, this signal is fed as an input data stream to the computer-the central computer for Ransome’.

See, this signal is fed as an input data stream to the computer-the central computer for Ran-some's Hole.

He watched the outputs parade across the screen, the input data transformed in a thousand separate ways.

The computer chewed on the input data for perhaps a thousand microseconds and displayed its reply.

On the master console the micros selected from the thousands of pieces of input data.

The law says, it's all right to have any computer model you like, but the input data stays locked up.

And then you can input data at any level of resolution, right down to individual nucleotides.

The lieutenant input data, squinted at her screen, then shook her head.

The Chiss officer nodded stiffly from the far side of the table, where she was watching Jacen input data from the library search into data-pads for further analysis.