Hard copy

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For the television series, see Hard Copy. For the structured ASIC service known by the tradename HardCopy see Application-specific integrated circuit#Structured.2Fplatform_design.

In computer graphics and telecommunications, a hard copy is a permanent reproduction, on any media suitable for direct use by a person (in particular paper), of displayed or transmitted data.

Examples of hard copy include teleprinter pages, continuous printed tapes, facsimile pages, computer printouts, and radiophoto prints.

Magnetic tapes, diskettes, and nonprinted punched paper tapes are not hard copy.

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This article contains material from the Federal Standard 1037C (in support of MIL-STD-188), which, as a work of the United States Government, is in the public domain.