Relationships Related Term:  copy Distinguish From:  hard copy n. ~ Computing · Information stored or displayed in a computer system. Notes:  Soft copy includes information displayed on a screen or st [..]

This is the electronic version of a file on your computer. If you downloaded a picture of John, you would have the soft copy on your computer.

An electronic version of a file, usually in computer memory and/or on disk; as opposed to hard copy, the paper printout.

A nonpermanent display image, for example, a cathode ray tube display.

An unprinted digital data file. The opposite of hard copy.

Any page, document, publication, or other data that exists on a computer display, rather than as a printout

Words or pictures which exist in computerised form as data. Compare with hard copy, where they are printed on paper

Copy viewed on a computer screen, as compared to hard copy.

  A document created and saved on computer media rather than paper. The transmission of 'soft copy' files between parties is now common place; especially since a de-facto standard has emerged for desktop tools such as Word Processor and Spread Sheet. *** The Information Security Glossary ***

A soft copy of a document is a digital copy, one that doesn't exist in physical form or on paper, but is instead stored as binary or machine language in any device or hardware setup. Soft copies [..]

A digital copy of a document, rather than a copy printed on paper.