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copybook
cop·y·book C0632700 (kŏp′ē-bo͝ok′)n. An exercise book containing models of penmanship, used in teaching handwriting.adj. Unoriginal; trite: used copybook phrases in the essay.copybook (ˈkɒpɪˌbʊk) n1. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a book of specimens, esp of penmanship, for imitation2. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) chiefly US a book for or containing documents3. blot one's copybook informal to spoil one's reputation by making a mistake, offending against social customs, etc4. (modifier) trite or unoriginal: copybook sentiments. cop•y•book (ˈkɒp iˌbʊk)
n. a book containing models, usu. of penmanship, for learners to imitate. [1550–60] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  copybook - a book containing models of good penmanship; used in teaching penmanshipbook - a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together); "I am reading a good book on economics" |
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blot (one's) copy bookTo tarnish, damage, or ruin one's reputation by behaving badly or committing some mistake or social transgression. Refers to a child's copy book, the blotting (staining with ink) of which ruins one's work. Primarily heard in UK. The local councilor blotted his copy book when it came to light that he had accepted bribes to allow unregulated development projects to go ahead. I really blotted my copy book when I spilled my drink on the visiting dignitary last night.See also: blot, book, copyblot your copybook BRITISHIf you blot your copybook, you damage your reputation by doing something wrong. Their relationship had been so perfect. Until he'd blotted his copybook with Susan, that is. Note: You can also say that there is a blot on your copybook. In fact, just about the only blot on his copybook so far was a missed penalty against Arsenal 10 days ago. Note: In the past, schoolchildren had `copybooks'. These were books of examples of handwriting, with spaces for the children to copy it. See also: blot, copybookblot your copybook tarnish your good reputation. British A copybook was an exercise book with examples of handwriting for children to copy as they practised their own writing.See also: blot, copybookblot your ˈcopybook (old-fashioned, informal) spoil a previously good record: He paid back the money he had stolen, but he had blotted his copybook and couldn’t hope for promotion.A copybook was an exercise book with printed examples of good writing for children to copy. If you blotted it, you accidentally spoiled it by making a mark with ink on it.See also: blot, copybookcopybook
copybook (programming, library)(Or "copy member", "copy module") Acommon piece of source code designed to be copied into manysource programs, used mainly in IBM DOS mainframeprogramming.
In mainframe DOS (DOS/VS, DOS/VSE, etc.), the copybookwas stored as a "book" in a source library. A library wascomprised of "books", prefixed with a letter designating thelanguage, e.g., A.name for Assembler, C.name for Cobol, etc.,because DOS didn't support multiple libraries, privatelibraries, or anything. This term is commonly used by COBOLprogrammers but is supported by most mainframe languages.The IBM OS series did not use the term "copybook", insteadit referred to such files as "libraries" implemented as"partitioned data sets" or PDS.
Copybooks are functionally equivalent to C and C++include files.copybook
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