copy and paste

copy and paste
cut and paste
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   <text> (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)