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Cut, copy, and paste

Cut, copy, and paste are essential commands of modern human–computer interaction and user interface design. They offer an interprocess communication technique for transferring data through a computer's user interface. The cut command removes the selected data from its original position, and the copy command creates a duplicate; in both cases the selected…

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Cut, copy, and paste

Nodes79
Edges78
Triples11
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.025316
Components1

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Cut, copy, and paste → ClipboardControl, CursorDrag, Cut, Interchange LanguageSimultaneous, Window

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Important terminology

text cut paste clipboard copy user data command editing computer applications commands location operation editors move key used typically also

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
the 1984 word processor Cutinstance ofand in a few home computer applications0.80text
NLS used a verbinstance ofEarlier control schemes0.80text
navigationinstance ofbetween which the user could invoke a preparatory action0.80text
Clipboard Masterinstance ofas do some Macintosh programs0.80text
and Windows clipboard-manager programs such as the one in Microsoft Office.The user selects a location for insertion by some methodinstance ofas do some Macintosh programs0.80text
typically by clicking at the desired insertion point.A paste operation takes place which visibly inserts the clipboard text at the insertion pointinstance ofas do some Macintosh programs0.80text
Cut, copy, and pastesee alsoClipboardControl0.60section
Cut, copy, and pastesee alsoCursorDrag0.60section
Cut, copy, and pastesee alsoInterchange LanguageSimultaneous0.60section
Cut, copy, and pastesee alsoWindow0.60section
Cut, copy, and pastesee alsoCut0.60section

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