HARD COPY

A hard copy is a type of material suitable for direct use, meaning that the user can read the material
directly, rather than having to process it through a computer or some other technology. The most classic
example of a hard copy is printed material on paper. Many industries which work heavily with electronics use
the term “hard copy” along with others to distinguish what type of media is being discussed. It is sometimes
also called a permanent reproduction, since a hard copy does not change once it has been generated.
There are some advantages to a hard copy. For reproductions, hard copies are often preferable to electronic
versions. A hard copy can also be read by anyone at any time, as it requires no assistance from external devices.
Important and official documents are usually preserved in hard copy form to create a tangible record of the
material. In addition, a hard copy is not subject to the failure of an electronic system, and while it can be
physically lost or damaged, it cannot be corrupted or lost in the same way that a computer document can. For
this reason, many people generate electronic and hard copy versions of important material such as literary
manuscripts.
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In information handling, a hard copy is a permanent reproduction, or copy, in the form of a physical object, of
any media suitable for direct use by a person (in particular paper), of displayed or transmitted data. Examples of
hard copy include teleprinter pages, continuous printed tapes, facsimile pages, computer printouts, and radio
photo prints.
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A hard copy (or "hardcopy") is a printed copy of information from a computer. Sometimes referred to as
a printout , a hard copy is so-called because it exists as a physical object. The same information, viewed on a
computer display or sent as an e-mail attachment, is sometimes referred to as a soft copy.
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ELECTRONIC COPY
By "electronic copy" one usually means an image of a document so that it may be stored on a computer system.
Adobe's .pdf format is very common for this type of representation, but it is by no means the only choice.
The term can also refer to any computer representation of the material contained in the document, including
textual form or a Word-processing document.

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An e-copy is an electronic copy of a document. For example, when you send someone an e-mail note and
specify that a copy of the note should be sent to someone else, the copy could be called an e-copy. The term
does not seem to be very widely used, perhaps because, like e-mail, electronic copying is becoming so
commonplace that identifying the copy as "electronic" seems unnecessary. Notice how often people today say
"I'll send you a note" or "I'll send you some mail," because the electronic context is understood.
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an electronic copy of a document, especially an e-mail text that has a primary destination as an electronic
message and a secondary destination as a printed copy.
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PDF FILES
Stands for "Portable Document Format." PDF is a multi-platform file format developed by Adobe Systems. A
PDF file captures document text, fonts, images, and even formatting of documents from a variety of
applications. You can e-mail a PDF document to your friend and it will look the same way on his screen as it
looks on yours, even if he has a Mac and you have a PC. Since PDFs contain color-accurate information, they
should also print the same way they look on your screen.
To view a PDF file, you need Adobe Reader, a free application program distributed by Adobe Systems. Adobe
also makes an Acrobat Plug-in for Web browsers that enables PDF files to be viewed inside a browser window.
File extension: .PDF
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CAPABILITIES OF PDF FILES

The Software To View PDF Files Is Freeware

PDF Files Meet Legal Document Requirements

For an imaged electronic document to be admissible in a court of law, it must be kept in a file format that can
not be altered without leaving an electronic footprint. To satisfy this requirement, the document imaging
industry has moved in two different directions:

PDF File Format: Because a PDF document is a "read only" document that cannot be altered without
leaving an electronic footprint, it meets all the legal requirements to stand up in a court of law. Our PDF
format is also practical and economical in that it allows the documents to be stored on a company's
server. As such, it doesn't add hardware cost to the system (except for additional hard drive space) and
integrates well with any network.

Contrast The TIFF, JPEG, GIF File Format: Because all of these file formats can be easily altered
without leaving an electronic footprint, it is necessary that they be copied at the time of scanning directly
to an optical drive. This process then makes them a document that will hold up in a court of law because
documents on an optical drive also cannot be removed or changed. The drawbacks are that these systems
cost more because of the necessity of integrating the scanning process with writing the document to the
optical drive. In addition, there is additional hardware costs, and it is more costly to integrate these
systems into a network.

Compression of a Scanned Image into a PDF File is Sizeable

For example, a typed 8 1/2x11 letter is approximately 1,000 kilobytes in size when scanned into the system but
compresses to 28-33 kilobytes when converted into a PDF document. An electronic document converted into a
PDF document compresses to approximately 25% of its original size. For example, a 20KB word processing
document is compressed to under 5KB. This allows the PDF document to open quickly at the workstation and is
ideal for use on a network/internet/intranet.

PDF Files Can Be Used Across Platforms

A PDF File is a document format that represents a document in a manner independent of the hardware,
operating system and application software used to create the document. It was designed to enable documents to
be transferred and shared across computer platforms. If your system uses multiple platforms it is not a problem
when using PDF Files. A PDF document created in one platform such as Windows can be read in another
platform such as Macintosh or Unix. This cross platform acceptability makes PDF the document of choice to
use over a network, the internet or an intranet.
PDF Files Offer Document Level Security
Document security is always an important factor for businesses today that are sharing information over a
network, over an Intranet or over the Internet. One of the advantages that a PDF file has to offer is the ability of
the organization to put password security at document level. This allows you to e-mail documents between
people or locations without the fear of an unauthorized person viewing the document.
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DENR
REPUBLIC ACT 9072(2002)
AN ACT TO MANAGE AND PROTECT CAVES AND CAVE RESOURCES AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES
http://www.pcsd.ph/Related%20Laws/republic_acts/ra9072.htm

Republic Act No. 10023

An Act Authorizing the Issuance of Free Patents to Residential Land

DAR
Republic Act No. 9700
An Act Strengthening the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP), Extending the Acquisition and
Distribution of All Agricultural Lands Instituting Necessary Reforms Amending for the Purpose Certain
Provisions of Republic Act No. 6657, Otherwise Known as Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law of 1988, As
Amended, And Appropriating Funds Therefore

Republic Act No. 8532

Increasing the Agrarian Reform Act

Republic Act No. 8435

Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act

Republic Act No. 7905

An Act to Strengthen the Implementation of the comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program, and for Other
Purposes.

Republic Act No. 6389

An Act Amending Republic Act Numbered Thirty-Eight Hundred And Forty-Four, As Amended, Otherwise
Known As The Agricultural Land Reform Code, And For Other Purposes.
An Act To Ordain The Agricultural Land Reform Code and To Institute Land Reforms In The Philippines,
Including The Abolition of Tenancy and The Channeling of Capital Into Industry, Provide For The Necessary
Implementing Agencies, Appropriate Funds There for and For Other Purposes.

Republic Act No. 6657

Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law
Republic Act No. 7881
An Act amending Certain Provisions of Republic Act No. 6657, entitled “An Act Instituting a Comprehensive
Agrarian Reform Program to Promote Social Justice and Industrialization, Providing the Mechanism for its
Implementation, and for Other Purposes.
http://www.dar.gov.ph/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=180%3Arepublic-
acts&catid=79&Itemid=283

NATIONAL MUSEUM
Republic Act No. 10066 - National Cultural Heritage Act of 2009
http://www.ivanhenares.com/2010/04/republic-act-no-10066-national-cultural.html

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9147

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES AND THEIR
HABITATS, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Republic Act No. 8492 February 12, 1998

An act establishing a national museum system, providing for its permanent home and for other purposes

DOE
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7638
An act creating the department of energy rationalizing the organization and functions of government agencies
related to energy and for other purposes.
http://www.doe.gov.ph/popup/RA%207638.pdf

DPWH
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8435
December 22, 1997
An act prescribing urgent related measures to modernize the agriculture and fisheries sectors of the country in
order to enhance their profitability, and prepare said sectors for the challenges of the globalization through an
adequate, focused and rational delivery of necessary support services, appropriating funds therefor and for other
purposes
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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8179
An act to further liberalize foreign investments, amending for the purpose republic act no. 7042, and for
other purposes