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Definition of Input file
1. Noun. (computer science) a computer file that contains data that serve as input to a device or program.
Category relationships: Computer Science, Computing
Generic synonyms: Computer File
Lexicographical Neighbors of Input File
Literary usage of Input file
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Step-by-Step Programming with Base SAS(R) Software by SAS Institute (2001)
"input file and SAS Data Set for Examples The examples in this chapter use one
input file** ... The input file contains the enrollment and exam grades for an ..."
2. SAS(R) 9.1.3 Language Reference:: Dictionary, Fifth Edition, Volumes 1-4 by SAS Institute (2006)
"... DATA step terminates when SAS reaches an end of file on the shortest input file.
... Read all input records from the currently */ /* opened input file, ..."
3. SAS 9.1.3 Language Reference: Concepts by SAS Institute (2005)
"If the input file contains raw data (as in the example above), SAS creates an
input buffer to hold the data before moving the data to the program data ..."
4. Programming In Lua by Roberto Ierusalimschy (2003)
"We get the current input file handle by calling io. input (), without arguments.
... For instance, if you want to change the current input file temporarily, ..."
5. SAS/IML 9.1 by SAS Institute (2004)
"It opens the file for input or, if the file is already open, makes it the current
input file. This means that subsequent INPUT statements are read from this ..."
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