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