to follow or endeavor to follow as a model or example: to imitate an author's style; to imitate an older brother. to mimic; impersonate: The students imitated the teacher behind her back. to make a copy of; reproduce closely. to have or assume the appearance of; simulate; resemble.
The input device might be a keyboard, the output device might be a monitor, a communication device might be a modem, a secondary storage device might be disk drive, and the processing devices include central processing unit (CPU) and main memory.
Input/output. Inputs are the signals or data received by the system, and outputs are the signals or data sent from it. There are many input and output devices such as multifunction printers and computer-based navigation systems that are used for specialized or unique applications. In computing, input/output refers to the communication between an information processing system and the outside world. Inputs are the signals or data received by the system, and outputs are the signals or data sent from it together. Types of output. Some types of output are text, graphics, tactile, audio, and video.