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copy-paste
copy-paste
See also: copypaste and copy/paste
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Noun
- (computing) The action of duplicating (text, an object, etc.) by copying it and later pasting somewhere else.
- 2007, Katrien Herbert, Erik Duval, "Evaluating the ALOCOM Approach for Scalable Content Repurposing", Creating New Learning Experiences on a Global Scale (), Springer (ISBN 9783540751946), page 364
- Paragraphs, images or diagrams are frequently assembled manually by copy-paste actions.
- 2009, Stephen Woessner, The Small Business Owner's Handbook to Search Engine Optimization: Increase Your Google Rankings, Double Your Site Traffic... in Just 15-Steps - Guaranteed, Atlantic Publishing Company (ISBN 9781601384430), page 114
- 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.
- 2010, Martin Fowler, Domain-Specific Languages, Pearson Education (ISBN 9780131392809)
- 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.
- 2007, Katrien Herbert, Erik Duval, "Evaluating the ALOCOM Approach for Scalable Content Repurposing", Creating New Learning Experiences on a Global Scale (), Springer (ISBN 9783540751946), page 364
- (chiefly computing, informal) Material incorporated into another work with minimal or no changes.
- 2013, Ronald A Brand, D Wes Rist, The Export of Legal Education, Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. (ISBN 9781409496779), page 101
- The interesting fact, however, is that the Regulation takes as a model, or better to say it is mostly a copy-paste of the text, of the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods rather than being adjusted to the needs of Kosovo.
- 2013, Ronald A Brand, D Wes Rist, The Export of Legal Education, Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. (ISBN 9781409496779), page 101
Verb
copy-paste (third-person singular simple present copy-pastes, present participle copy-pasting, simple past and past participle copy-pasted)
- (computing, transitive) To copy (text, an object, etc.) and later paste it somewhere else.
- 2004, Corinne Hervo, Straight to the Point: Flash 5, Firewall Media (ISBN 9788170084631)
- It can be useful to copy-paste frames to transfer a sequence from the main timeline to the timeline of a clip symbol.
- 2004, Corinne Hervo, Straight to the Point: Flash 5, Firewall Media (ISBN 9788170084631)