# Copy

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**Copy** may refer to:

- [Copying](/source/Copying) or the product of copying (including the plural "copies"); the duplication of information or an artifact - [Cut, copy and paste](/source/Cut,_copy_and_paste), a method of reproducing text or other data in computing - [File copying](/source/File_copying) - [Photocopying](/source/Photocopying), a process which makes paper copies of documents and other visual images - [Fax](/source/Fax), a telecommunications technology used to transfer facsimile copies of documents, especially over the telephone network - [Facsimile](/source/Facsimile), a copy or reproduction that is as true to the original source as possible - [Replica](/source/Replica), a copy closely resembling the original concerning its shape and appearance - Term of art in [U.S. copyright law](/source/U.S._copyright_law) meaning a material object in which a work of authorship has been embodied, such as a book
- [Copy (command)](/source/Copy_(command)), a shell command on DOS and Windows systems
- [Copy (publishing)](/source/Copy_(publishing)), written content in publications, in contrast to photographs or other elements of layout. - The output of [journalists](/source/Journalist) and [authors](/source/Author), ready for [copy editing](/source/Copy_edit) and [typesetting](/source/Typesetting) - The output of [copywriters](/source/Copywriter), who are employed to write material which encourages consumers to buy goods or services. - [Camera ready copy](/source/Camera_ready_copy), term used in the commercial printing industry meaning that a document is, from a technical standpoint, ready to "go to press", or be printed.
- [*Copy* (album)](/source/Copy_(album)), the debut album of the electronica artist Mitsuki Aira
- [Copy (musician)](/source/Copy_(musician)), the Portland-based electronic music artist
- "Copy", a [procedure word](/source/Procedure_word#Roger) or response indicating a satisfactory receipt of the last radio transmission
- COPY, a COBOL [keyword](/source/Include_file#COBOL)

## See also

- [Copy and paste (disambiguation)](/source/Copy_and_paste_(disambiguation))
- [Copyist](/source/Copyist)
- [Copyright](/source/Copyright)
- [Copy editing](/source/Copy_editing)
- [Duplication (disambiguation)](/source/Duplication_(disambiguation))

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