cut, copy, and paste

Summary

cut, copy, and paste is an interface metaphor^[1]. It draws 242 Wikipedia views per month (interface_metaphor category, ranking #1 of 1).^[2]

Key Facts

• cut, copy, and paste is credited with the discovery of Ivan Sutherland^[3].
• cut, copy, and paste is credited with the discovery of Q1052709^[4].
• cut, copy, and paste's image is recorded as A cutcopy.png^[5].
• cut, copy, and paste's image is recorded as Using Clipboard in mobilEcho Application.png^[6].
• cut, copy, and paste's instance of is recorded as interface metaphor^[7].
• cut, copy, and paste's subclass of is recorded as user interface^[8].
• cut, copy, and paste's subclass of is recorded as work^[9].
• cut, copy, and paste's subclass of is recorded as command^[10].
• cut, copy, and paste's subclass of is recorded as inter-process communication^[11].
• cut, copy, and paste's Commons category is recorded as Cut, copy, and paste^[12].
• cut, copy, and paste's has part is recorded as cut^[13].
• cut, copy, and paste's has part is recorded as copy^[14].
• cut, copy, and paste's has part is recorded as paste^[15].
• cut, copy, and paste's has part is recorded as Copy and paste^[16].
• cut, copy, and paste's has part is recorded as cut and paste^[17].
• cut, copy, and paste's start time is recorded as +1962-06-00T00:00:00Z^[18].
• cut, copy, and paste's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/014n4m^[19].
• cut, copy, and paste's described by source is recorded as Historical Marker Database^[20].
• cut, copy, and paste's has immediate cause is recorded as copy process^[21].
• cut, copy, and paste's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/copy-paste^[22].
• cut, copy, and paste's uses is recorded as clipboard^[23].
• cut, copy, and paste's Quora topic ID is recorded as Copy-and-Paste^[24].
• cut, copy, and paste's Quora topic ID is recorded as Cut-and-Paste^[25].
• cut, copy, and paste's Treccani Vocabulary ID is recorded as copia-e-incolla_(Neologismi)^[26].
• cut, copy, and paste's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2779860628^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Ivan Sutherland^[3], a computer scientist^[28], b. 1938^[29], of United States^[30], awarded the Turing Award^[31], specialised in computer graphics^[32] and Q1052709^[4].

Why It Matters

cut, copy, and paste draws 242 Wikipedia views per month (interface_metaphor category, ranking #1 of 1).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33] It is known by 86 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]