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From: sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Using backups (was Re: Pirates and swapware)
Message-ID: <2540@corpane.UUCP>
Date: 14 Jul 90 15:01:12 GMT
References: <2318@corpane.UUCP| <8584@cognos.UUCP> <2524@corpane.UUCP> <2320@dsacg3.dsac.dla.mil>
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nfs1675@dsacg3.dsac.dla.mil ( Michael S Figg) writes:

|In article <2524@corpane.UUCP>, sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks) writes:
|> Backup are the ones to be used, not the Original. You make a backup, and
|> put away the original for safe keeping. 

|I don't think you really mean 'backup' here. A backup as defined by Webster is
|"a reserve or substitute". So effectively the original would be the backup and
|what you are calling a backup would actually be a working copy.

Well, if you read a bit further on you would have noticed I said:


|> A better word than backup would be 'duplicate', I guess. 

Some people are just SOooooo picky.  :-|




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