copy [`käp·ē] COMMUNICATIONS 1. To transcribe Morse code signals into written form. 2. To reproduce graphical material usually by an electrostatic device. 3. 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 See <<subject copy>> |