Copy-paste

Quick meaning: Copy-paste is a noun meaning (computing) The action of duplicating (text, an object, etc.) by copying it and later pasting somewhere else.

Meaning

(computing) The action of duplicating (text, an object, etc.) by copying it and later pasting somewhere else.

More Meanings

1. (computing, transitive) To copy (text, an object, etc.) and later paste it somewhere else.
2. (informal) Identical or very similar, as though copied and pasted.
3. (chiefly computing, informal) Material incorporated into another work with minimal or no changes.

Example Sentences

Paragraphs, images or diagrams are frequently assembled manually by copy-paste actions.

It can be useful to copy-paste frames to transfer a sequence from the main timeline to the timeline of a clip symbol.

Optimizing your META Keywords field is remarkably easy, especially if you have just optimized your page titles. All you need to do is a simple copy-paste.

It also has disadvantages; for one thing, the lack of focus on program structure leads to lots of copy-paste programming and poorly structured programs. Language workbenches support developing new kinds of programming platforms like this.

Word Forms

• copy-pastes
• copypaste
• copy-pasting
• copy-pasted

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include copier, copypasta, replication, cloner, shallow copy, deduplicator.

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