Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - output

 I. noun  Date: circa 1858  1. something produced: as  a. mineral, agricultural, or industrial production steel ~  b. mental or artistic production literary ~  c. the amount produced by a person in a given time  d. power or energy produced or delivered by a machine or system (as for storage or for conversion in kind or in characteristics) generator ~ solar X-ray ~  e. the information produced by a computer  2. the act, process, or an instance of producing  3. the terminal for the ~ on an electrical device  II. transitive verb  (~ted or ~; ~ting)  Date: 1858 to produce as ~