Meaning

• An optical or other representation of a real object; a graphic; a picture.

  "The Bible forbids the worship of graven images."

• A mental picture of something not real or not present.

• A statue or idol.

• A file that contains all information needed to produce a live working copy. (See disk image and image copy.)

  "Most game console emulators do not come with any ROM images for copyright reasons."

• A characteristic of a person, group or company etc., style, manner of dress, how one is, or wishes to be, perceived by others.

• Something mapped to by a function.

  "The number 6 is the image of 3 under f that is defined as f(x) = 2x."

• The subset of a codomain comprising those elements that are images of something.

• A form of interference: a weaker "copy" of a strong signal that occurs at a different frequency.

• Show; appearance; cast.

Meaning

• To represent by an image or symbol; to portray.

• To reflect, mirror.

• To create an image of.

• To create a complete backup copy of a file system or other entity.