(Antika) In information handling, a hard copy is a permanent reproduction, or copy, in the form of a physical object, of any media suitable for direct use by a person (in particular paper), of displayed or transmitted data. Examples of hard copy include teleprinter pages, continuous printed tapes, computer printouts, and radio photo prints
A physical document, usually text on paper While additions to The Electronic Commerce Dictionary appear as soft copy in this Web page the original book is available only in hard copy (Return to home page for more book information )
(1) Recorded information copied from a computer onto paper or some other durable surface, such as microfilm To be distinguished from a temporary image on a display screen and from the electronic information on a magnetic tape or disk(ette) or in the computer's main memory See also OUTPUT RECORDS
A hard copy of a document is a printed version of it, rather than a version that is stored on a computer. eight pages of hard copy. A printed copy, especially of the output of a computer or word processor. information from a computer that is printed out onto paper, or the printed papers themselves
The printed version of any document created using a computer programme, such as a Word-processor We used to refer to these as papers, pamphlets and books
In computer graphics and in telecommunications, a permanent reproduction, on any media suitable for direct use by a person, of displayed or transmitted data (188) 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