An input method (or input method editor , commonly abbreviated IME ) is an operating system component or program that enables users to generate characters not natively available on their input devices by using sequences of characters (or mouse operations) that are available to them. Using an input method is usually necessary for languages that have more graphemes than there are keys on the keyboard.
9-941: (Redirected from INPUT ) [REDACTED] Look up input in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Input may refer to: Computing [ edit ] Input (computer science) , the act of entering data into a computer or data processing system Information , any data entered into a computer or data processing system Input device Input method Input port (disambiguation) Input/output (I/O), in computing Other [ edit ] Input (talk show) Input (typeface) International Public Television Screening Conference (INPUT), an international public television organization Input (online magazine) , an online technology and culture magazine owned by Bustle Digital Group See also [ edit ] All pages with titles containing Input Independent variable in
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36-452: Is important to distinguish between the computer interface and implementation of input methods, or among the input methods themselves, the editing functionality of the program or operating system component providing the input method, and the general support of input methods in an operating system. This term has, for example, gained general acceptance on the Linux operating system; it is also used on
45-768: The free dictionary. Input may refer to: Computing [ edit ] Input (computer science) , the act of entering data into a computer or data processing system Information , any data entered into a computer or data processing system Input device Input method Input port (disambiguation) Input/output (I/O), in computing Other [ edit ] Input (talk show) Input (typeface) International Public Television Screening Conference (INPUT), an international public television organization Input (online magazine) , an online technology and culture magazine owned by Bustle Digital Group See also [ edit ] All pages with titles containing Input Independent variable in
54-568: The input of any language. To illustrate, in the X Window System , the facility to allow the input of Latin characters with diacritics is also called an input method. On Windows XP or later Windows , Input method, or IME, are also called Text Input Processor , which are implemented by the Text Services Framework API . While the term input method editor was originally used for Microsoft Windows , its use has now gained acceptance in other operating systems , especially when it
63-412: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Input&oldid=1184557364 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages input [REDACTED] Look up input in Wiktionary,
72-500: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Input&oldid=1184557364 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Input method For instance, on the computer, this allows the user of Latin keyboards to input Chinese , Japanese , Korean and Indic characters. On hand-held devices, it enables
81-409: The user to type on the numeric keypad to enter Latin alphabet characters (or any other alphabet characters) or touch a screen display to input text. On some operating systems, an input method is also used to define the behavior of the dead keys . Although originally coined for CJK (Chinese, Japanese and Korean) computing, the term is now sometimes used generically to refer to a program to support
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