precopy

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verb

To copy in advance.

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Meanings

verbprecopy (third-person singular simple present precopies, present participle precopying, simple past and past participle precopied)

present singular third person precopies · participle present precopying · participle past precopied · past precopied

  1. transitivecomputingTo copy in advance.

    However, in a true cloud computing environment, you don't know which other physical server the VM will be moved to, and therefore you don't know where to precopy the data.

    2015, James Bond, The Enterprise Cloud: Best Practices for Transforming Legacy IT, page 75

Origin

From pre- + copy.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

coppery
Cite this entry
APA

precopy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/precopy

MLA

“precopy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/precopy. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “precopy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/precopy.

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