HARD COPY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hard copy mean? 

• HARD COPY (noun)
  The noun HARD COPY has 1 sense:

1. (computer science) matter that is held in a computer and is typed or printed on paper

  Familiarity information: HARD COPY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HARD COPY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(computer science) matter that is held in a computer and is typed or printed on paper

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

he ran off a hard copy of the report

Hypernyms ("hard copy" is a kind of...):

matter (written works (especially in books or magazines))

Domain category:

computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)