cut, copy, and paste

Summary

cut, copy, and paste is an interface metaphor^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[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 instance of is recorded as interface metaphor^[5].
• cut, copy, and paste is a type of user interface^[6].
• cut, copy, and paste is a type of work^[7].
• cut, copy, and paste is a type of command^[8].
• cut, copy, and paste is a type of inter-process communication^[9].
• cut, copy, and paste's Commons category is recorded as Cut, copy, and paste^[10].
• cut, copy, and paste comprises cut^[11].
• cut, copy, and paste comprises copy^[12].
• cut, copy, and paste comprises paste^[13].
• cut, copy, and paste comprises Copy and paste^[14].
• cut, copy, and paste comprises cut and paste^[15].
• cut, copy, and paste began on June 1962^[16].
• cut, copy, and paste's described by source is recorded as Historical Marker Database^[17].
• cut, copy, and paste's has immediate cause is recorded as copy process^[18].
• cut, copy, and paste's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/copy-paste^[19].
• cut, copy, and paste's uses is recorded as clipboard^[20].

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Definition and Type

cut, copy, and paste's instance of is recorded as interface metaphor^[5]. Recorded subclass of include user interface^[6], work^[7], command^[8], and inter-process communication^[9].

Use and Application

Components include cut^[11]; copy^[12]; paste^[13]; Copy and paste^[14], a human activity^[21]; and cut and paste^[15], an interface metaphor^[22].

Why It Matters

cut, copy, and paste has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] It is known by 86 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[23]