ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Input-output model

Input-output models are like a game or puzzle where you start with some information or materials and use them to create something new. For example, if you have some wooden blocks, you could put them together to make a house. That's an input-output model - you put the blocks together to make something new. That's like a model because it shows you how to turn one thing into another thing.