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CARBON COPY [8 records]

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Record 1 2023-06-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Business and Administrative Documents
  • Forms Design
  • Wireless and Mobile Communications
  • Internet and Telematics
DEF

[A notation] used ... on the carbon copy of a letter or other document sent to a third person without the addressee's knowledge.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écrits commerciaux et administratifs
  • Imprimés et formules
  • Communications sans fil et mobiles
  • Internet et télématique
DEF

Mention utilisée sur une copie d'une lettre ou d'un autre document envoyés à une tierce personne, sans la connaissance du destinataire.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Documentos comerciales y administrativos
  • Diseño de formularios
  • Comunicaciones móviles e inalámbricas
  • Internet y telemática
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Record 2 2023-06-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Business and Administrative Documents
  • Forms Design
  • Wireless and Mobile Communications
  • Internet and Telematics
DEF

[A notation] used on letters, emails, etc. as an indication that a duplicate has been or should be sent to another person.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écrits commerciaux et administratifs
  • Imprimés et formules
  • Communications sans fil et mobiles
  • Internet et télématique
OBS

Lorsqu'on tient à ce qu'une ou plusieurs personnes reçoivent des copies de la lettre, on utilise la mention Copie conforme, c. c. ou CC, suivie du nom de la ou des personnes concernées. Cette mention est suivie du deux-points, à l'exception de c. c.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Documentos comerciales y administrativos
  • Diseño de formularios
  • Comunicaciones móviles e inalámbricas
  • Internet y telemática
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Record 3 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Paper
  • Office Equipment and Supplies
  • Informatics
DEF

A thin paper coated on one side with a (typically wax-based) preparation of carbon or another pigment, used for making a copy of a document as it is being written, typed, etc.

Key term(s)
  • carbonised paper

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sortes de papier
  • Équipement et fournitures de bureau
  • Informatique
DEF

Papier enduit d'une couche de carbone gras permettant d'obtenir des copies d'un même document.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tipos de papel
  • Equipo y artículos de oficina
  • Informática
DEF

Papel delgado, untado por una de sus caras con un compuesto a base de negro de humo u otro pigmento que adhiere a un papel blanco cuando es golpeado por los tipos de las máquinas de escribir o frotado con lápiz o bolígrafo [...]

OBS

[...] sirve para sacar copias de los textos escritos a máquina o a mano.

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Record 4 2021-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Business and Administrative Documents
  • Forms Design
DEF

A copy of a letter or the like, the original of which bears no evidence that the copy was sent to some other person.

CONT

Usually, a hard copy of a business letter is mailed to a single recipient. In some cases, the sender may want to forward a copy of the letter to one or more other individuals ... When you don't want the primary recipient or [carbon copy] recipients of the letter to know that you have sent the letter to a third party, you send a blind carbon copy, also called a blind courtesy copy.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écrits commerciaux et administratifs
  • Imprimés et formules

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Documentos comerciales y administrativos
  • Diseño de formularios
DEF

Copia de una carta o un mensaje de correo electrónico en cuyo original no queda constancia de que dicha copia se haya enviado a otro destinatario.

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Record 5 2020-03-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Business and Administrative Documents
  • Forms Design
  • Wireless and Mobile Communications
  • Internet and Telematics
OBS

The Fcc line keeps a blind carbon copy in the folder [selected].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écrits commerciaux et administratifs
  • Imprimés et formules
  • Communications sans fil et mobiles
  • Internet et télématique
OBS

Une des fonctions du courrier électronique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Documentos comerciales y administrativos
  • Diseño de formularios
  • Comunicaciones móviles e inalámbricas
  • Internet y telemática
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Record 6 2020-03-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wireless and Mobile Communications
  • Internet and Telematics
CONT

Blind carbon copy (BCC) is a functionality available in most email programs through which the sender can distribute an email to one or more individuals beyond the ones to whom the email is addressed. Unlike simple carbon copy, blind carbon copy is said to be blind because it sends a copy of the email in transit to the defined [email address or email addresses] without letting any of the recipients know about it.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Communications sans fil et mobiles
  • Internet et télématique
CONT

La copie cachée, ou la copie carbone invisible [...] est une fonction qui permet d'envoyer à un destinataire (ou un groupe de destinataires) la copie d'un message sans que les autres destinataires ne s'en aperçoivent.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Comunicaciones móviles e inalámbricas
  • Internet y telemática
CONT

Copia oculta [es] una función que permite enviar a múltiples destinatarios un mismo [correo electrónico] sin ser transparente, por lo tanto, no permite a quienes recibieron el [correo electrónico] descubrir el resto de los destinatarios.

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Record 7 1989-01-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation (General)
  • Office Automation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction (Généralités)
  • Bureautique

Spanish

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Record 8 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Records Management (Management)
  • Workplace Organization

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des documents (Gestion)
  • Organisation du travail et équipements

Spanish

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