| Subject | English | German |
| tech. | digital input adapter | Steuerung fuer Digitaleingabe |
| comp., MS | input adapter | Eingabeadapter (An adapter that accepts incoming event streams from external sources such as databases, files, ticker feeds, network ports, manufacturing devices and so on) |
| comp., MS | input adapter | Eingabeadapter (ssn) |
| comp., MS | input adapter configuration | Eingabeadapterkonfiguration (ssn) |
| comp., MS | input adapter factory | Eingabeadapterfactory (ssn) |
| comp., MS | input adapter factory interface | Eingabeadapterfactory-Schnittstelle (ssn) |
| microel. | input-output adapter | Eingabe-Ausgabe-Schnittstellenadapter |