COPY AND PASTE

Domain	Definition
Computing	Copy and paste (Or "cut and paste", after the paper, scissors and glue method of document production) The system supported by most document editing applications (e.g. text editors) and most operating systems that allows you to select a part of the document and then save it in a temporary buffer (known variously as the "clipboard", "cut buffer", "kill ring"). A "copy" leaves the document unchanged whereas a "cut" deletes the selected part. A "paste" inserts the data from the clipboard at the current position in the document (usually replacing any currently selected data). This may be done more than once, in more than one position and in different documents. More sophisticated operating systems support copy and paste of different data types between different applications, possibly with automatic format conversion, e.g from rich text to plain ASCII. GNU Emacs uses the terms "kill" instead of "cut" and "yank" instead of "paste" and data is stored in the "kill ring". [Origin? Macintosh? Xerox?] (1998-07-01). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.
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Specialty Definition: Copy and paste

In computing, copy-and-paste is a popular, simple method of transferring text or other data from a source to a destination.

Copying can be performed on most graphical user interface systems using the key combination Ctrl+C, or by using some other method, such as a context menu or a toolbar button. Once data have been copied into the area of memory referred to as the clipboard, they can be pasted into a destination using the key combination Ctrl+V, or another method dependent on the system.

The popularity of this method stems from its simplicity and the ease with which data can be moved between various applications without resorting to permanent storage.

Moving is done with cut and paste.

See also Control key.

Frequency of Internet Keywords: COPY AND PASTE

Anagrams: COPY AND PASTE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-d-e-n-o-p-p-s-t-y"
	-2 letters: syncopated.
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