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.
These are described below: 1  Input: Receiving or accepting information from outside sources. 2  Storage: Store information in the computer. 3  Processing: This is really the core of computer operation. 4  Output: The results of the processing are made available for use by any user or other devices.