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(1) To make a duplicate of the original. See shallow copy, Win Copy between windows, Win Copy/Move files/folders and XCopy.

(2) An internal DOS/Windows command for creating duplicate disk files. The Copy command, which uses a straightforward COPY-FROM-TO format, is widely used by programmers and power users. Following are several examples:

 COPY TO/FROM USB DRIVE E:

 copy *.* e:     all files to E drive

 copy e:\*.*     all files from E drive


 COPY FILES IN CURRENT FOLDER
 TO A DIFFERENT FOLDER

 copy *.gif \backup

 copy sales.doc \sales


 COPY FILES IN ANOTHER FOLDER
 TO THIS FOLDER

 copy \images\*.gif

 copy \sales\sales.doc


 COPY AND RENAME

 copy logo.png logo2.png


 COPY AND VERIFY

 copy *.gif \backup /v

Remember!

There is less to type if you are already in the folder you want to copy to. For example, if you want to copy into \budgets\2012, you can perform the operation from any command prompt, but if you change to the destination folder, there is less to type, as follows:

  C:\ABC>copy \xyz\*.*  \budgets\2012
  C:\ABC>copy \jkl\*.*  \budgets\2012
  C:\ABC>copy \mno\*.*  \budgets\2012

  C:\ABC>cd \budgets\2012
  C:\BUDGETS\2012>copy \xyz\*.* 
  C:\BUDGETS\2012>copy \jkl\*.* 
  C:\BUDGETS\2012>copy \mno\*.* 

Xcopy for More Options

The Copy command is very useful, but the Xcopy command can copy both files and folders and create new folders on the destination disk. See Xcopy.

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1. 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.

2. 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.

noun

1. Something closely resembling another: carbon copy, duplicate, facsimile, image, likeness, reduplication, replica, replication, reproduction, simulacrum. Archaic simulacre. Law counterpart. See same/different/compare.
2. An inferior substitute imitating an original: ersatz, imitation, pinchbeck, simulation. See substitute.

verb

1. To make a copy of: duplicate, imitate, replicate, reproduce, simulate. See same/different/compare.
2. To take as a model or make conform to a model: emulate, follow, imitate, model (on, upon. or after), pattern (on, upon. or after). Idioms: follow in the footsteps of, follow suit, follow the example of. See same/different/compare.

Definition: duplicate, imitation
Antonyms: original, origination, source

v

Definition: imitate
Antonyms: be original

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• Memory and Data Storage - copying: duplicating files or programs from one magnetic storage medium to another

For the copying guideline in Wikipedia, see WP:Copying within Wikipedia.

Copying is the duplication of information or an artifact based only on an instance of that information or artifact, and not using the process that originally generated it. With analog forms of information, copying is only possible to a limited degree of accuracy, which depends on the quality of the equipment used and the skill of the operator. There is some inevitable deterioration and accumulation of "noise" (random small changes, not sound) from original to copy; when successive generations of copy are made, this deterioration accumulates with each generation. With digital forms of information, copying is perfect. Copy and paste is frequently used for information a computer user selects and copies to an area he or she wishes.

Most high-accuracy copying techniques use the principle that there will be only one type of possible interpretation for each reading of data, and only one possible way to write an interpretation of data^{[clarification needed]}.

Contents 1 In office work 2 In art and literature 2.1 In literature 2.2 In art 3 Biological copying 4 Digital copying 5 Copying rights 6 References 7 External links 8 See also

In office work

Offices need more than one copy of a document in a number of situations. They usually need a copy of outgoing correspondence for their records. Sometimes they want to circulate copies of documents they create to several interested parties.

Until the late 18th century, if an office wanted to keep a copy of an outgoing letter, a clerk had to write out the copy by hand. This technology continued to be prevalent through most of the nineteenth century. For this purpose offices employed copy clerks, also known as copyists, scribes, and scriveners.

A few alternatives to hand copying were invented between the mid-17th century and the late 18th century, but none had a significant impact in offices. In 1780 James Watt obtained a patent for letter copying presses, which James Watt & Co. produced beginning in that year. Letter copying presses were used by the early 1780s by the likes of Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, and Thomas Jefferson. In 1785, Jefferson was using both stationary and portable presses made by James Watt & Co.

During XIX century a host of competing technologies were introduced to meet office copying needs. The technologies that were most commonly used in 1895 are identified in an 1895 description of the New York Business College's course program: "All important letters or documents are copied in a letter-book or carbon copies [are] made, and instruction is also given in the use of the mimeograph and other labor-saving office devices." ^[1]

In art and literature

This section requires expansion.

In literature

Prior to the invention of the printing press, the only way to obtain a copy of a book was to copy it out by hand. Throughout the Middle Ages, monks copied entire texts as a way of disseminating and preserving religious texts.

In art

In visual art, copying the works of the masters is a standard way that students learn to paint and sculpt. In sculpture, copies have often been made using devices such as the pointing machine, the pantograph or, more recently, computer guided router systems that scan^[2] a model and can produce it in a variety of materials and in any desired size.^[3] Another way of copying three-dimensional works is by lost-wax casting and other forms of molding and casting.

Biological copying

Main article: DNA replication

Organically, copying of genetic information can take place using DNA replication, which is able to copy and replicate the data with a high degree of accuracy, but mistakes are common, and occur in the form of mutations. However, in the process of DNA repair, many of the mistakes are resolved by checking the copied data against the original data.

Digital copying

This principle is applied digitally, such as in hard disks, but in a different form. The magnetised data on the disk consists of 1s and 0s. Unlike DNA, it only has two types of information, rather than four types, however, it still has a polar concept of transfer. In this case, the read-write head acts as an intermediary. A data section reading "1", can only trigger one type of response, and "0" for the other. These responses from reading are converted into an electrical form that gets carried through the circuits. Although this can be later converted and processed for other ways of using the data, which can be modified, if a file were being copied from one hard disk to another, the principle ensures that the data is transferred with high fidelity, because only each type of signal can only trigger one type of data write, in this case a 1 or a 0. This excludes exceptions where the data was written incorrectly or the existing data has been corrupted while on the disk such that no distinction can be made, but usually the hard disk returns the area as unreadable. The other concept that using digital copying is website copy [1], digital copying has more interpretation than just the basic concept of disk read and write itself. Digital Copy is a sample of interpretation of digital copying.

Copying rights

Main article: Copyright

The concept of copying has a particular significance in certain areas of law. In each of the primary areas of intellectual property law, a number of cases have refined the question of what exactly constitutes the kind of copying prohibited by law, especially in areas such as copyright law.

A related concept is plagiarism, copying others' work and passing it off as one's own.

References

1. ^ Antique Copying Machines
2. ^ Example of how scanning sculptures can preserve the information
3. ^ An example of a sculpture being computer carved in marble

External links

Look up copying in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

• Dataduplication
• Copying Is Not Theft

See also

• Duplicating machines
• Copier

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Common misspelling(s) of copy

• cpoy

Dansk (Danish)
n. - kopi, eksemplar, manuskript, stof, reklametekst, brødtekst, model, forskrift
v. tr. - kopiere, afskrive, sende kopi af
v. intr. - lave en kopi

idioms:

• copy boy    altmuligdreng på avisredaktion
• copy desk    kopibord, redaktionsbord
• copy editor    manuskriptredaktør
• copy protect    beskytte mod kopiering
• copy typist    maskinafskriver

Nederlands (Dutch)
kopie, afschrift, exemplaar, kopij, advertentietekst, kopiëren, nadoen/ -maken, afkijken

Français (French)
n. - copie (reproduction), (Journ) copie, article, papier, exemplaire (journal, livre)
v. tr. - copier, recopier, faire faire une copie de (qch)
v. intr. - copier sur, copier à (examen)

idioms:

• copy boy    (Journ) grouillot de rédaction
• copy desk    service de la correction
• copy editor    (Journ) secrétaire de rédaction
• copy protect    protégé par copyright, protégé contre la copie
• copy typist    dactylo

Deutsch (German)
v. - kopieren, nachahmen, fotokopieren
n. - Kopie, Abschrift, Durchschrift, Exemplar, Manuskript

idioms:

• copy boy    Bote, der Kopien abholt und verteilt, in einem Zeitungsbüro
• copy desk    Redaktionstisch
• copy editor    Redakteur
• copy protect    Kopierschutz
• copy typist    Schreibkraft

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - αντιγράφω, ξεσηκώνω, ξεπατικώνω, διανέμω αντίγραφα, (μτφ.) μιμούμαι
n. - αντίγραφο, κόπια, αντίτυπο, απομίμηση, (τυπογρ.) δημοσίευμα, κείμενο διαφήμισης, χειρόγραφο κείμενο έτοιμο για στοιχειοθεσία

idioms:

• copy boy    κλητήρας εφημερίδας
• copy desk    γραφείο σύνταξης εφημερίδας
• copy editor    συντάκτης ύλης (εφημερίδας κ.λπ.)
• copy protect    (Η/Υ) προστατεύω από αντιγραφές
• copy typist    δακτυλογράφος απομαγνητοφωνήσεων
• hard copy    (Η/Υ) έκτυπο, αντίγραφο από εκτυπωτή

Italiano (Italian)
copiare, copia

idioms:

• copy editor    redattore

Português (Portuguese)
v. - copiar
n. - cópia (f), exemplar (m), material (m) (de escritor)

idioms:

• carbon copy    cópia (f) carbono
• copy boy    mensageiro (m)
• copy desk    copidesque (m) (Edit.) (Jorn.)
• copy editor    editor (m) de texto
• copy typist    datilógrafo (m)

Русский (Russian)
подражать, принимать информацию, копировать, списывать, копия, экземпляр, текст

idioms:

• carbon copy    точная копия
• copy boy    редакционный курьер
• copy desk    корректорский отдел
• copy editor    технический редактор
• copy typist    машинистка

Español (Spanish)
n. - copia, calco, imitación, ejemplar, manuscrito, original, texto
v. tr. - imitar, calcar, copiar, hacer una copia, plagiar, usar una chuleta
v. intr. - copiarse, plagiarse, calcarse, imitarse

idioms:

• copy boy    cadete de redacción
• copy desk    mesa del redactor
• copy editor    corrector de manuscritos, redactor jefe, editor
• copy protect    protegido contra el copiado
• copy typist    mecanógrafo

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - kopiera, ta en kopia av, skriva av, fuska
n. - kopia, reproduktion, förlaga, original, exemplar, manuskript, avskrift (jur.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
副本, 摹仿, 拷贝, 抄写, 临摹, 复制, 模仿, 仿效

idioms:

• copy boy    送稿件的工友
• copy desk    编辑桌
• copy editor    编辑
• copy protect    防拷贝
• copy typist    副本打字员

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 副本, 摹仿, 拷貝
v. tr. - 抄寫, 臨摹, 複製, 模仿, 仿效
v. intr. - 抄寫, 臨摹, 複製, 模仿

idioms:

• copy boy    送稿件的工友
• copy desk    編輯桌
• copy editor    編輯
• copy protect    防拷貝
• copy typist    副本打字員

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 복사물, 인쇄원고, 기사거리
v. tr. - 복사하다, 모방하다
v. intr. - 복사하다, 흉내내다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 写し, 部, ねた, 原稿, 模範
v. - 複写する, まねる, カンニングする

idioms:

• advance copy    新刊見本
• copy boy    原稿運び屋
• copy desk    編集机
• copy editor    原稿整理係
• copy typist    タイプ写本を作る人

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) استنسخ, قلد, نقل, تشبه ب (الاسم) نسخه, صورة, نسخه معدة للطبع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮העתק, עותק, חומר להדפסה, תמליל של מודעת-פרסומת, מודל להעתקה‬
v. tr. - ‮חיקה, העתיק‬
v. intr. - ‮העתיק‬