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Vinony

copy-paste

verb

  1. (in computing) to copy text and replace it elsewhere
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Wiktionary

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Latin cōpiō Old French copierbor. Middle English copien English copy Ancient Greek πάσσω (pássō) Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τός (-tós) Ancient Greek παστός (pastós) Ancient Greek παστά (pastá)bor. Late Latin pasta Old French pastebor. Middle English paste English paste English copy-paste

  1. Identical or very similar, as though copied and pasted.

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Latin cōpiō Old French copierbor. Middle English copien English copy Ancient Greek πάσσω (pássō) Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τός (-tós) Ancient Greek παστός (pastós) Ancient Greek παστά (pastá)bor. Late Latin pasta Old French pastebor. Middle English paste English paste English copy-paste

  1. 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.”

    “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.”

  2. 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.”

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree Latin cōpiō Old French copierbor. Middle English copien English copy Ancient Greek πάσσω (pássō) Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τός (-tós) Ancient Greek παστός (pastós) Ancient Greek παστά (pastá)bor. Late Latin pasta Old French pastebor. Middle English paste English paste English copy-paste

  1. 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.”