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Hard Copy

Definition: Hard Copy

Hard Copy

Noun

1. Text that is typed or printed on paper; "he ran off a hard copy of the report".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 



Specialty Definitions: Hard Copy

DomainDefinitions

Computing

A document normally on paper which can be read without special reading equipment. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Hard copy

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Hard copy: In computer graphics and in telecommunications, a permanent reproduction, on any media suitable for direct use by a person (in particular paper), of displayed or transmitted data.

Note 1: Examples of hard copy include teletypewriter pages, continuous printed tapes, facsimile pages, computer printouts, and radiophoto prints.

Note 2: Magnetic tapes, diskettes, and nonprinted punched paper tapes are not hard copy.

Source: from Federal Standard 1037C and from MIL-STD-188

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Hard copy."

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Crosswords: Hard Copy

Specialty definitions using "hard copy": command interpreterMPEG-1 audio layer 3PHOTO MASK TECHNICIAN, ELECTRON-BEAMteletype, teletypewriter terminal. (references)

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Modern Usage: Hard Copy

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Hard Copy (1989)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Hard Copy

DomainTitle

Books

  • Color Hard Copy and Graphic Arts III (reference)

  • Color Imaging: Device Independent Color Hard Copy and Graphic Design (Proceedings of Spie--The International Society for Optical Engineering, V. 2658 (reference)

  • Facilities Planning & Relocation: A Complete Management System Including: Comprehensive Text, Sample Specifications, over 50 Hard Copy and electroni (reference)

  • Hard Copy and Printing Technologies (reference)

  • Hard Copy Help Desk: The Computer 'How-To' Book: Where to Look When Help Is Not Available... (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Hard Copy

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

The use of hard copy recordings of this variable along with respiration and heart rate must also be evaluated. (references)

It is important to note that the development of hard copy monitors alone is not sufficient to identify false alarms. (references)

Hard copy users of this sourcebook can type cited Web addresses directly into their browsers to obtain access to the corresponding sites. (references)

Economic History

Egypt

This journal publishes U.S. Government procurement needs, and is available in hard copy for $324 per year from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. (202) 402-9371, phone (202) 783-3238, fax (202) 512-2233, or on line from Mead Data Central, Arlington, VA, phone (800) 843-6476. (references)

Trade

Hungary

The Hungarian Customs Tariffs Book is also electronically available in English at http://www.vamszoft.hu/. A hard copy (in Hungarian only) can be ordered for HUF 5000 (about USD 18) from West End Co. Ltd. At the following fax numbers: (36 1) 349-5795 or 239-7708. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Hard Copy

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

hard copy

31
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Hard Copy

Language Translations for "hard copy"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

trykt kopi, papirudskrift, papirkopi, aftryk (cast, dinge, fingerprint, impression, print, printing). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

afdruk (copy, impression, imprint, mold, mould, print, printing, pull, trace, track). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

paperituloste, kirjoite. (various references)

   

French

  

tirage (haul), fac-sim, copie-papier (hard-copy), copie permanente obtenue sur un support matériel et pouvant être séparée du dispositif de restitution, copie papier (hard-copy), épreuve. (various references)

   

German

  

Ausdruck (arithmetic expression, expression, listing, manifestation, phrase, printout, registration, routine, term, utterance, verbalism). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

hardcopy, αντίγραφο (copy, counterpart, duplicate, fake, replica, reproduction, transcript, transcription). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

ת"פיס (offprint, print, printout). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

gépi másolat. (various references)

   

Italian

  

hard copy, uscita su supporto di carta, traccia scritta, facsimile (facsimile, facsimile telegraphy, specimen, telecopy), copia permanente, copia dura. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ardhay opycay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

cópia em papel. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

удобочитаемый (readable, readeable), твердый копия, печатный или машинописный текст. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

salida impresa (listing), listado en papel, documento impreso, copia impresa. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

papperskopia. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Hard Copy

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-d-h-o-p-r-y"

-1 letter: charpoy, pochard.

-2 letters: carhop, chador, coprah, parody, poachy.

-3 letters: chard, chary, chord, copra, hardy, harpy, hoard, hoary, hydra, hydro, ochry, orach, parch, pardy, payor, poach, porch, roach.

-4 letters: achy, ahoy, apod, arch, arco, caph, capo, card, carp, chad, chao, chap, char, chay, chop, coda, copy, cord, cory, crap, crop, dopa, dopy, dorp, dory, dray, drop, hard, harp, hoar, hora, hoya, hypo, opah, orad, orca, pard, prao, pray, proa, prod, racy, road, ropy, yard, yodh.

-5 letters: ado, arc, cad, cap, car, cay, cod, cop, cor, coy, cry, dah, dap, day, doc, dor, dry, had, hao, hap, hay, hod, hop, hoy, hyp, oar, oca, ora, orc, pac, pad, pah, par, pay, pod, poh, pro, pry, pya, rad, rah, rap, ray, rho, roc, rod, rya, yah, yap, yar, yod.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-d-h-o-p-r-y"
 

+2 letters: hydrospace.

 

+3 letters: cardiopathy, discography, hydropathic, hydrospaces, psychodrama.

 

+4 letters: cardiography, hydrocephaly, hydrographic, hypochondria, psychodramas.

 

+5 letters: chlamydospore, hydrocephalic, hydrocephalus, hypochondriac, hypochondrias, rhapsodically.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Hard Copy


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

48 61 72 64      43 6F 70 79

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001000 01100001 01110010 01100100 00100000 01000011 01101111 01110000 01111001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#72 &#97 &#114 &#100 &#32 &#67 &#111 &#112 &#121

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0048 0061 0072 0064      0043 006F 0070 0079

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

42678470237818291

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Anagrams
9. Orthography
10. Bibliography


  

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