Clone
<jargon> 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. <chat> A
clonebot.
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