<P> The term "carbon copy" can be used in reference to anything that was a near duplicate of an original ("...and you want to turn him into a carbon copy of every fourth - rate conformist in this frightened land!", Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land). </P> <P> Carbon copy can be used as a transitive verb with the meaning described under e-mail below related to the CC field of an e-mail message . That is, to send the message to additional recipients beyond the primary recipient . It is common practice to abbreviate the verb form, and many forms are acceptable, including cc and cc: . Past tense forms in use are CCed, cc'd, cc'ed, cc - ed and cc:'d . Present participle or imperfect forms in use include cc'ing . Merriam - Webster uses cc, cc'd and cc'ing, respectively . </P> <P> In email, the abbreviation CC indicates those who are to receive a copy of a message addressed primarily to another (CC is the abbreviation of carbon copy). The list of recipients in copy is visible to all other recipients of the message . An additional BCC (blind carbon copy) field is available for hidden notification; recipients listed in the BCC field receive a copy of the message, but are not shown on any other recipient's copy (including other BCC recipients). It is considered good practice to indicate to the other recipients that a new participant has been added to the list of receivers (e.g. by writing "I sent a copy to John Doe" or "John Doe, who is reading in copy, (...)"). </P> <P> In common usage, the To field recipients are the primary audience of the message, CC field recipients are others to whom the author wishes to send the message publicly, and BCC field recipients are the others to whom the message is sent . </P>

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