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in⋅board-out⋅board

[in-bawrd-out-bawrd, in-bohrd-out-bohrd]
–adjective
1. Also, outdrive, stern-drive. (of a motorboat) having an inboard engine connected to a maneuverable outboard drive-shaft unit.
–noun
2. an inboard-outboard motor.
3. a boat equipped with such a motor. Abbreviation: I/O
Also called outdrive, stern drive (for defs. 2, 3).

in⋅put/out⋅put

[in-poot-out-poot] Computers.
–noun
1. the process of input or output, encompassing the devices, techniques, media, and data used: A good first step in designing a program is to define the input/output.
–adjective
2. pertaining to input or output: Early input/output devices were slow. Abbreviation: I/O

Origin:
1910–15
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I/O  
abbr.  input/output
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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I/O
Input/Output

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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I/O
input/output
The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary, Third Edition
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