input method

input method

English

Noun

input method (plural input methods)

1. (computing) A set of mnemonics for inputting a foreign script or exotic symbols not found on a physical keyboard.
2. (computing) By extension, a program that facilitates input using these mnemonics.

Synonyms

• (program that facilitates the input of foreign scripts): input method editor, IME

Translations

set of mnemonics for inputting a foreign script

Korean: 입력 방법 (imnyeok bangbeop) Vietnamese: kiểu gõ, phương thức nhập

program that facilitates the input of foreign scripts

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Cantonese: 輸入法, 输入法 (syu1 jap6 faat3) Mandarin: 輸入法／输入法 (zh) (shūrùfǎ) Finnish: syöttötapa (fi) French: méthode de saisie f Hindi: please add this translation if you can Japanese: 入力システム (nyūryoku shisutemu, literally “input system”), 入力 (ja) (nyūryoku, literally “input”) (used in the names of such programs) Korean: 입력기 (imnyeokgi) Portuguese: please add this translation if you can Russian: please add this translation if you can Spanish: método de entrada m Vietnamese: bộ gõ (vi), thâu nhập pháp, trình chỉnh sửa phương thức nhập

See also

• keyboard layout
• dead key