CC

  1. Short for Carbon Copy, CC is used to send copies of an e-mail to additional people. This allows a user to quickly send that e-mail to individuals who may be interested or may need to know about the e-mail, but the e-mail is not directly to those individuals.
  2. When referring to the mouse or mouse cursor, CC is short for Cursor Control. Cursor Control describes the ability to move the cursor. Generally, this is accomplished by using the arrow keys.
  3. When referring to a Linux / Unix command, cc is a C compiler command. Additional information about the cc command can be found on our Linux / Unix cc command page.
  4. Abbreviation for Creative Commons.

Also see: BCC, E-mail, Message body, Programming definitions, Subject