I/O

System communication channels

I/O stands for input/output, referring to communication between a computer system and the outside world—users, other devices, or storage.

Input is data coming in (keyboard strokes, mouse clicks, file reads); output is data going out (screen displays, printouts, file writes).

The program is slow because of I/O bottlenecks.

I/O operations are often the limiting factor in system performance.

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I/Oprocessing

Systematic operation on data

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input, output, inputs, outputs, inputting, outputting, inputted, outputted

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