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- Dictionarycarbon copy/ˈkɑːbən ˌkɒpi/
noun
- 1. a copy of written or typed material made with carbon paper: "the files were filled with carbon copies"
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- carbon copy
Technique of producing one or more copies simultaneously
Before the development of photographic copiers, a carbon copy was the under-copy of a typed or written document placed over carbon paper and the under-copy sheet itself. When copies of business letters were so produced, it was customary to use the acronym "CC" or "cc" before a colon and below the writer's signature to inform the principal recipient that carbon copies had been made and distributed ... Wikipedia
