<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (December 2013) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (December 2013) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> The clipboard is a software facility used for short - term data storage and / or data transfer between documents or applications, via copy and paste operations . It is most commonly a part of a GUI environment and 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 . </P> <P> Clipboard managers are applications that enable the user to manipulate the clipboard . </P>

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