mimicry

n 1: the act of mimicking; imitative behavior [syn: {apery}]

2: the resemblance of an animal species to another species or

to natural objects; provides concealment and protection

from predators

MIMIC

An early language designed by J.H. Andrews of the

NIH in 1967 for solving engineering problems such as

differential equations that would otherwise have been done on

an {analog computer}.

["MIMIC, An Alternative Programming Language for Industrial

Dynamics, N.D. Peterson, Socio-Econ Plan Sci. 6, Pergamon

1972].

(1995-01-19)