Clipboard

Noun · Hacker Culture

Definitions

  1. The temporary holding area where copied or cut data is stored before it is pasted somewhere else. In everyday tech use, the clipboard is so familiar that people often only notice it when it fails, leaks sensitive content, or gets unexpectedly overwritten.

    In plain English: The temporary place where copied data is stored before pasting.

    Example: "He lost the deploy command because the clipboard got overwritten by a screenshot URL right before he pasted into the terminal."

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