ALL meanings of clipboard
clip·board
C c - countable noun clipboard A clipboard is a board with a clip at the top. It is used to hold together pieces of paper that you need to carry around, and provides a firm base for writing. 3
- countable noun clipboard In computing, a clipboard is a file where you can temporarily store text or images from one document until you are ready to use them again. 3
- noun clipboard a portable writing board with a spring clip at the top for holding paper 3
- noun clipboard a temporary storage area in desktop publishing where text or graphics are held after the cut command or the copy command 3
- noun clipboard a portable writing board with a hinged clip at the top to hold papers 3
- noun clipboard a small board having at the top a clip for holding papers and serving as a portable writing surface. 1
- noun clipboard A small board with a spring clip at the top, used for holding papers and providing support for writing. 1
- noun Definition of clipboard in Technology (operating system) A temporary memory area, used to transfer information within a document being edited or between documents or between programs. The fundamental operations are "cut" which moves data from a document to the clipboard, "copy" which copies it to the clipboard, and "paste" which inserts the clipboard contents into the current document in place of the current selection. Different Graphical User Interfaces vary in how they handle the different types of data which a user might want to transfer via the clipboard, some (e.g. the X Window System) support only plain text, others (e.g. NEXTSTEP) support arbitrarily typed data such as images. 1
- noun clipboard writing board to which pages are clipped 1
- noun clipboard computing: memory 1
- noun clipboard A flat piece of rigid material, such as card or plastic, with a clip at one end under which papers can be held. 0
- noun clipboard (computing) A buffer in memory where the user can store data temporarily while transferring it from one place within an application to another or between applications. 0