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6 definitions for clone From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
clone \clone\ (kl[=o]n), n.
1. (Biol.) a group of organisms derived from a single
individual by some kind of asexual reproduction; -- used
mostly of microorganisms such as bacteria and yeast.
Syn: clon.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. (Biol.) an individual organism containing a genetic
complement identical to that of another organism, produced
by using the genetic material from the second animal in a
non-sexual reproduction process.
[PJC]
3. something virtually identical to another object.
[PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
clone \clone\ v. t.
1. (Biol.) to make a clone from; to make identical copies of
an organism by a non-sexual process of reproduction.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. (Microbiol.) to grow colonies of a microorganism by
spreading a suspension of the microorganism onto a solid
growth medium (such as in a Petri dish), at a
concentration such that individual colonies will grow from
single cells sufficiently well separated from other
colonies so that pure cultures derived from a single
organism can be isolated.
[WordNet 1.5]
3. (Biochem.) to make large quantities of a segment of DNA by
inserting it, using biochemical techniques, into the DNA
of a microorganism, and growing that microorganism in
large numbers; as, to clone the gene for growth hormone.
[PJC]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 :
clone
n 1: a person who is almost identical to another [syn: ringer,
dead ringer]
2: a group of genetically identical cells or organisms derived
from a single cell or individual by some kind of asexual
reproduction [syn: clon]
3: an unauthorized copy or imitation [syn: knockoff]
v : make multiple identical copies of; "people can clone a sheep
nowadays"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
31 Moby Thesaurus words for "clone":
Photostat, Xerox, copy, counterpart, ditto, double, dupe,
duplicate, duplication, facsimile, hectograph, manifold, microcopy,
microfilm, mimeo, mimeograph, model, multigraph, quadruplicate,
reduplicate, repetition, replica, replicate, replication,
representation, reproduce, reproduction, stat, trace, transcribe,
triplicate
From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) :
clone n. 1. An exact duplicate: "Our product is a clone of their
product." Implies a legal reimplementation from documentation or by
reverse-engineering. Also connotes lower price. 2. A shoddy, spurious
copy: "Their product is a clone of our product." 3. A blatant ripoff,
most likely violating copyright, patent, or trade secret protections:
"Your product is a clone of my product." This use implies legal action
is pending. 4. [obs] `PC clone:' a PC-BUS/ISA or EISA-compatible
80x86-based microcomputer (this use is sometimes spelled `klone' or
`PClone'). These invariably have much more bang for the buck than the
IBM archetypes they resemble. This term fell out of use in the 1990s;
the class of machines it describes are now simply `PCs' or `Intel
machines'. 5. [obs.] In the construction `Unix clone': An OS designed to
deliver a Unix-lookalike environment without Unix license fees, or with
additional `mission-critical' features such as support for real-time
programming. Linux and the free BSDs killed off this product category
and the term with it. 6. v. To make an exact copy of something. "Let me
clone that" might mean "I want to borrow that paper so I can make a
photocopy" or "Let me get a copy of that file before you mung it".
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) :
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