inputoutputrequest
nounUK /ˈɪnpʊtˈaʊtpʊtrɪˈkwest/
US /ˈɪnpʊtˈaʊtpʊtrɪˈkwɛst/
A message that asks a computer to take in information and give back an answer.
The program sent an inputoutputrequest to the server to fetch the user's data.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A formal ask for data to be read from or written to a device.
The disk driver queued the inputoutputrequest until the drive was free.
3. A signal from software to the operating system to move information.
Each inputoutputrequest was logged so engineers could trace the slowdown.
4. A task sent to a computer asking it to receive and return information.
The app made an inputoutputrequest every time the user refreshed the page.