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the silent middleman that holds your secrets for exactly one paste, then forgets.
means A flat board with a spring clip at the top for holding papers while you write, or — in computing — the temporary storage where copied or cut data waits to be pasted.
from A plain compound of 'clip' and 'board,' literally a board with a clip. 'Clip' comes from Old Norse 'klippa,' to cut or shear, which later also gave us the sense of gripping or fastening tightly. 'Board' traces back to Old English 'bord,' a plank or table. The physical office object came first; the computing sense was borrowed for it in the late 20th century, naming the invisible place where copied text 'clips' to until you let it go.
- memory limit
- Default Windows clipboard holds just one item
- security risk
- Apps can read your clipboard without asking
- origin
- Named after the wooden writing board with a clip
- hidden formats
- One copy can store text, HTML, and image simultaneously
- password danger
- Copied passwords linger until overwritten by something else
clipboard manifesto — 1995 apple newton advertising campaign that popularized the clipboard metaphor in computing
surgical clipboard — standard medical device used in operating rooms to hold patient charts and surgical checklists during procedures