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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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 [gcide]:

  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 [wn]:

  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 [moby-thes]:

  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) [jargon]:

  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) [foldoc]:

  clone
       
           1. An exact copy of a product, made legally or
          illegally, from {documentation} or by {reverse engineering},
          and usually cheaper.
       
          E.g. "PC clone": a PC-BUS/{ISA}, {EISA}, {VESA}, or {PCI}
          compatible {x86}-based {microcomputer} (this use is sometimes
          misspelled "klone" or "PClone").  These invariably have much more
          bang per buck than the {IB PCM} they resemble.
       
          E.g. "Unix clone": An {operating system} designed to deliver a
          {Unix}-like environment without Unix licence fees or with
          additional "mission-critical" features such as support for
          {real-time} programming.
       
          2.  A {clonebot}.
       
          [{Jargon File}]
       
          (2000-06-15)
       
       

















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