clipboard

English

a clipboard (flat piece of rigid material)

Etymology

clip + board

Noun

clipboard (plural clipboards)

  1. A flat piece of rigid material, such as card or plastic, with a clip at one end under which papers can be held.
  2. (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.

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