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  1. carbon copying: Wiktionary

(Note: See carbon_copy as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (carbon copy)

noun:  A copy produced in an alternated stack of ordinary sheets of paper and carbon papers. The pressure applied on the top sheet (by a pen or typewriter) causes every carbon paper to release its carbon cover, thus reproducing the writing on the subjacent layers of paper.
noun:  (by extension) Any duplicate.
noun:  (Internet) A duplicate copy of an email.
verb:  (transitive) To create a carbon copy of.
verb:  (Internet) To send a duplicate copy of an email to.
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