<P> The clipboard is a data buffer used for short - term data storage and / or data transfer between documents or applications used by cut, copy and paste operations and provided by the operating system . It is usually implemented as an anonymous, temporary data buffer, sometimes called the paste buffer, that can be accessed from most or all programs within the environment via defined programming interfaces . A typical application accesses clipboard functionality by mapping user input (keybindings, menu selections, etc .) to these interfaces . The semantics of the clipboard facility varies from one operating system to another, and can also vary between versions of the same system . They can sometimes be changed by different programs or by user preference . </P> <P> When an element is copied or cut the clipboard holds every available format of it, since at this point it is not known, which format is needed when the content is pasted . The core functionality of the clipboard provided by the operating system can be extended by applications and clipboard managers . </P>

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