deep copy
verb1
To make a deep copy of.
- I'd prefer to deep copy that in order to avoid complications with updates.
2
To make a deep copy.
- This is a situation where you either have to deep copy or handle the complication of updates.
- Hypernyms
- copy
deep copy
noun1
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A copy of a data structure duplicating not only the structure itself, but all structures to which it is linked.
- Don't try to make a deep copy of that: you'll pull in half the database.
- Antonyms
- shallow copy