input-process-output (IPO) chart. (1) diagram of a software system or module, consisting of a rectangle on the left listing inputs, a rectangle in the center listing processing steps, a rectangle on the right listing outputs, and arrows connecting inputs to processing steps and processing steps to outputs See Also: block diagram, box diagram, bubble chart, flowchart, graph, structure chart.
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