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soft copy

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From soft + copy, attributed to American information technologist, philosopher, and sociologist Ted Nelson.

noun soft copies · softcopy

A digital copy of a document, rather than a copy printed on paper.
Opposite: hard copy

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noun digital copy of a document

Kiswahili	nakala tete
Ελληνικά	ψηφιακό αντίγραφο psifiakó antígrafo

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@misc{soft_copy_2026,
  title = {soft copy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/soft%20copy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}