noun
- plural of dup; duplicate copies or things that are identical to originals
Usage: informal; often used in photography, printing, or digital media contexts
verb
- third person singular present tense of dup; to duplicate or make a copy of something
Usage: informal; common in technical and creative industries
Examples
- She made several dups of the original photograph for the archive.
- The printer dups the document automatically when you select that option.
- He keeps dups of all his important files on an external hard drive.
- The studio dups the master recording for distribution to different platforms.
- These dups are indistinguishable from the originals.
- The software dups the entire database to create a backup.