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Terminology

Jackson Huff edited this page Apr 19, 2023 · 4 revisions

Terminology for the Clipboard Project

The Clipboard Project

The full name of this software project.

CB

The abbreviation of the Clipboard Project.

Technical Terminology

Clipboard Number

The numerical identifier that you can specify to create a unique content holding system for temporary content. This looks like cb copy5 where 5 is the clipboard number.

Clipboard ID

The general term for a clipboard number. The clipboard ID may contain letters or symbols to specify a unique content holding system that holds content persistently. An example is cb copy_foo where foo is the clipboard ID.

GUI Clipboard

The term that refers to a temporary content holding system that the OS integrates if the OS also integrates a GUI. An example includes macOS which includes a system called the "pasteboard" which acts similarly to how Clipboard does.

Native Clipboard

The general term for an OS clipboard. This term refers to a temporary content holding system that the OS integrates, regardless if it includes a GUI or not.

GUI/Native Clipboard Content

The content that the native or GUI clipboard stores.