1. To make an exact copy of (something) in writing; to copy out from an original; to write (a copy).
2. To write out in other characters, to transliterate; to write out (a shorthand account) in ordinary “long-hand”; formerly also, to translate or render accurately in another language.
3. In music, to adapt (a composition) for a voice or instrument other than that for which it was originally written.
4. In broadcasting, to record for subsequent reproduction; to broadcast in this form.
5. To transfer information from one way of storing it on one computer to another, or from a computer to an external storage device.