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==Etymology==

==Etymology==

[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] copie, from Anglo-French, from Medieval [[Latin]] copia, from Latin, [[abundance]]  

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] copie, from Anglo-French, from Medieval [[Latin]] copia, from Latin, [[abundance]]  

Date: 14th century

*Date: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th century]

*1 : an imitation, [[transcript]], or reproduction of an [[original]] [[work]] (as a [[letter]], a painting, a table, or a [[dress]])

*1 : an imitation, [[transcript]], or reproduction of an [[original]] [[work]] (as a [[letter]], a painting, a table, or a [[dress]])

*2 : one of a [[series]] of especially [[mechanical]] reproductions of an original impression; also : an [[individual]] example of such a reproduction

*2 : one of a [[series]] of especially [[mechanical]] reproductions of an original impression; also : an [[individual]] example of such a reproduction

*3 archaic : something to be imitated : [[model]]

*3 archaic : something to be imitated : [[model]]

*4 a : matter to be set especially for [[printing]]  

*4 a : matter to be set especially for [[printing]]  

:b : something considered printable or newsworthy —used without an [[article]] <remarks that make good copy — [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Cousins Norman Cousins]>  

:b : something considered printable or newsworthy —used without an [[article]] <remarks that make good copy — [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Cousins Norman Cousins]>  

:c : [[text]] especially of an advertisement

:c : [[text]] especially of an advertisement

*5 : duplicate 1a <a copy of a computer file> <a copy of a [[gene]]>

*5 : duplicate 1a <a copy of a computer file> <a copy of a [[gene]]>

==Description==

==Description==

'''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.

'''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]].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copying]

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]].[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copying]

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