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copy
- to duplicate information in another place, leaving the original unchanged. In many spreadsheets, editors, and drawing programs, copy means either of two things:
- a command, under DOS, OS/2, andWindows, that makes a copy of a disk file. For example, the command
COPY PGM.SRC PGMC2.SRC
takes the old file (PGM.SRC) and makes a copy of it under the name PGMC2.SRC. Two other examples are as follows:
COPY A:*.BAS C:
copies all files on drive A whose names end in .BAS onto drive C;
COPY A:*.* C:
copies all files from drive A onto drive C. The asterisk acts as a wild card, matching any filename (see wild card ).
copy
- all written or textual material in an advertisement or direct-mail piece, including headlines, subheadings, and body copy . The term is used in this context to refer to all such material before it is set in type, as well as after it appears in print. The term originates from the days when this material was received by the printer in handwritten form and would have to be copied into type for printing.
- all material to be made into a printing plate for duplicating. This includes artwork, photographs, illustrations, decorations, and typography. In this context, the term refers to the fact that all materials to be reproduced must be in layout form and copied by the photoengraver's camera before the printing plate can be made.
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