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copyTo make a duplicate of the original. In digital electronics, all copies are identical, which is both a blessing and curse. The blessing is that data can be maintained and remanufactured accurately forever. The curse is that anyone can duplicate copyrighted material and send it around the world in seconds. It all depends on which side of the fence you sit (see Napster). See shallow copy, Win Copy between windows and Win Copy/Move files/folders. copy [′käp·ē] (communications) To transcribe Morse code signals into written form. To reproduce graphical material usually by an electrostatic device. To reproduce information in a new location and possibly in a different form, leaving the source of the information unchanged. (computer science) A string procedure in ALGOL by means of which a new byte string can be generated from an existing byte string. (graphic arts) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Open source--whose better-known implementations include the Linux operating system, the Apache webserver and the OpenOffice desktop suite--ships with complete source code and is freely copyable and redistributable. They're recipes, basically, and wherever there are recipes made up out of parts that are copyable, you have a stabilizing influence. Information capital," She says, is "infinitely copyable. |
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