[syn: photocopy, run off, xerox]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
xerox \xe"rox\, v. t.
To copy a printed document on a xerographic device.
[WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Xerox \Xe"rox\, n. [From a brand name of the Xerox corporation.]
A copying machine which copies graphic matter by the action
of light on an electrically charged photoconductive
insulating surface in which the latent image is developed
with a resinous powder.
Syn: xerox, xerographic copier, xerox machine.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. A copy made by the xerox process.
Syn: xerox copy.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
xerox
n 1: a copy made by a xerographic printer [syn: xerox, xerox
copy]
2: a duplicator (trade mark Xerox) that copies graphic matter by
the action of light on an electrically charged
photoconductive insulating surface in which the latent image
is developed with a resinous powder [syn: Xerox,
xerographic copier, Xerox machine]
v 1: reproduce by xerography [syn: photocopy, run off,
xerox]
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):
XEROX Corporation
xerox
A US company, founded in 1906, specialising in document
related technology and services including photocopiers, printers
and office software. Xerox's acquisition of Affiliated Computer
Services added business process and document management to their
product range. In 2013 they have 140,000 employees.
Their research centre, XEROX PARC, prototyped several
revolutionary advances in computing, which the company failed to
exploit, including the WIMP desktop metaphor and XEROX Network
Services.
(http://xerox.com/).
(2013-04-30)