According to Wikipedia, the past tense (and past participle) of the verb to output is either output or outputted. Are these two forms entirely interchangeable? Or do they have certain nuance in meaning or context (e.g. in programming one of the forms is preferred)?
Instead of correct results, my program output/outputted garbage.
Which one should I choose? My logical sense tells me output is better because it derives from put, but intuitively I tend to use outputted when I speak and don't have time to think.
Best Answer
Dictionary.com endorses both output and outputted. Ngrams and a Google search (238K vs. 22K) yields evidence of a definite preference for output. (Note: is output instead of was output yields similar results)