Inputs are the signals or data received by the system and outputs are the signals or data sent from it. The term can also be used as part of an action; to perform I/O is to perform an input or output operation. I/O devices are used by a human (or other system) to communicate with a computer. For instance, a keyboard or mouse is an input device for a computer, while monitors and printers are output devices.
Definition of steal. 1  1 : the act or an instance of stealing. 2  2 : a fraudulent or questionable political deal. 3  3 : bargain 2 it's a steal at that price.
Most IE words for steal have roots in notions of hide, carry off, or collect, heap up.. Attested as a verb of stealthy motion from c.1300 (e.g. to steal away, c.1369); of glances, sighs, etc., from 1586. The noun meaning a bargain is Amer.Eng. colloquial attested by 1942; baseball sense of a stolen base is from 1867.