e-copy

English

Etymology

From e- +‎ copy.

Noun

e-copy (plural e-copies)

1. A digital copy of a document etc.
   • 2010, Wayne Pease, Malcolm Cooper, Raj Gururajan, Biomedical Knowledge Management, page 66:

     Patients are given the choice to select their preferred pharmacies for getting the prescribed medicines and the Danish GP sends an e-copy of the same prescription to the patient's preferred pharmacy.

   • 2016, Jane Secker, Chris Morrison, Copyright and E-learning: A guide for practitioners, page 58:

     If only available in print format within the university or to purchase, or it is not viable to purchase an e-copy and no available digital version is found elsewhere, the digitization procedure begins (Step 2).