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Clone
  • n. 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.
  • A shoddy, spurious copy "Their product is a clone of our product. "
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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".