Disadvantages of Using Soft Copies
- Vulnerability: Soft copies are equally as prone as hard copies to being lost, deleted by anyone, or corrupted intentionally or by an accidental mishap; they are also prone to being exposed to virus attacks, hacking, or malware.
- Access: Soft copies, for example, that are often portable, require the use of technological tools like computers or hand-held devices, and these are often costly and not easily accessible to everyone. It also means that they need an Internet connection and electricity to function, to be precise.
- Reading: Some writers describe it as uncomfortable to read or type on an electronic screen for hours, and soft copy is nearly harder to read when you are a person with a visual impairment.
- Portability: Large volumes of data are not so easily transversible in soft copy as in hard copy.
What is a Soft Copy?
A soft copy is defined as the electronic version of a document or an object that is meant for a computer or any other form of electronic device. To start with, a soft copy is not a hard copy in the conventional sense; it is not a material object that can be touched; it is a digital work found in a virtual environment with its own unique merits in terms of access, sharing, and archiving. This article will seek to explain what exactly a soft copy is and provide a broad overview of important related terminologies, ultimately pointing out the significance of the concept in current society, which is dominated by information technology.