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A file that can be viewed without printing on a screen is sometimes called a soft copy. [2] [3] The U.S. Federal Standard 1037C defines "soft copy" as "a nonpermanent display image, for example, a cathode ray tube display." [4] The term "hard copy" predates the digital computer.
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A hard copy is a permanent reproduction, or copy, in the form of a physical object. It may also refer to: Hard Copy, an American tabloid television show that ran from 1989 to 1999; Hard Copy, a CBS primetime newspaper-centered insider drama that was part of the 1987 American television season
Not remembering the name of someone you’ve only met once or twice is pretty normal. Try some of these tips for remembering new names and faces: Say the person’s name back to them in conversation.
Semi-convertible hard roof panel Porsche: Although first used in the 1960s, trademark was not claimed until the 1970s, when its popularity grew; hence, the name is treated as a generic trademark by the general public and the motoring press to describe a detachable hard roof panel for cars. [214] Tarmac: Asphalt road surface Tarmac
a restricted license for a person learning to drive, who has not yet passed the necessary driver's test (rules vary from state to state); also called driver's permit (UK: provisional driving licence) [582] [583] [584] left field *
The abbreviation e.g. stands for the Latin exempli gratiā "for example", and should be used when the example(s) given are just one or a few of many. The abbreviation i.e. stands for the Latin id est "that is", and is used to give the only example(s) or to otherwise qualify the statement just made.
type of confection (US: hard candy) bollocks (vulgar; originally ballocks, colloquially also spelled as bollox) testicles; verbal rubbish (as in "you're talking bollocks") (US: bullshit). The somewhat similar bollix is found in American English, but without the anatomical connotations or vulgar sense meaning 'mess up'.