clipboard
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data storage used to support copy and paste operations
Key facts
- Developers
- Microsoft , ReactOS Contributors
- Operating system
- Windows , ReactOS
- Type
- Command
- License
- Windows: Proprietary commercial software , ReactOS: GNU General Public License
- Website
- docs .microsoft .com /en-us /windows-server /administration /windows-commands /clip
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Wikidata facts
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- Stack Exchange tag
- stackoverflow.com/tags/clipboard
- Commons category
- Clipboard
- P13411
- Estonia
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The clipboard is a buffer that some operating systems provide for short-term storage and transfer across applications.
The clipboard provides an application programming interface by which programs can specify cut, copy and paste operations. It is left to the program to define methods for the user to command these operations, which may include keybindings and menu selections. When an element is copied or cut, the clipboard must store enough information to enable a sensible result no matter where the element is pasted. Application programs may extend the clipboard functions that the operating system provides. A clipboard manager may give the user additional control over the clipboard. Specific clipboard semantics vary among operating systems, can also vary between versions of the same system, and can sometimes be changed by programs and by user preferences.