softcopy

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)
softcopy
 /soft'kop.ee/, n.

   [by analogy with hardcopy] A machine-readable form of corresponding
   hardcopy. See {bits}.
from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
softcopy

   /soft'kop-ee/ (by analogy with "hardcopy") A machine-readable
   ("{machinable}") form of corresponding {hardcopy}.

   [{Jargon File}]

   (1994-11-04)
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