Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences The action of duplicating (text, an object, etc.) by copying it and later pasting somewhere else.
Paragraphs, images or diagrams are frequently assembled manually by copy-paste actions.2007, Katrien Herbert, Erik Duval, "Evaluating the ALOCOM Approach for Scalable Content Repurposing", Creating New Learning Experiences on a Global Scale (), Springer →ISBN, page 364
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.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, page 114:
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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.2010, Martin Fowler, Domain-Specific Languages, Pearson Education, →ISBN:
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, SciencesInformal Material incorporated into another work with minimal or no changes.
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, page 101:
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Etymology English copy-paste
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences To copy (text, an object, etc.) and later paste it somewhere else.
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: