What is a clipboard?(What is, Concept and Definition)

The clipboard , also known as cardboard , is a special location in your computer's memory that temporarily stores cut or copied data from a document.Once something is stored on the clipboard, can be pasted to a new location.The clipboard retains your information until you cut or copy something else, or log off the computer.For example, a user can copy information from a word processor and paste that information in an email message.

How to copy or move information to the clipboard

To copy information from a program to the clipboard, use the copy function.For example, you can highlight the text, image, or other object you want to copy, and once highlighted, right-click and choose the option to copy., you can use the keyboard shortcut Copy + C on PC and Chromebook or ⌘ + C on Mac.

To move text or another object in a program to the clipboard, use the cut function.For example, you can highlight the text, image, or other object you want to cut, and once highlighted, right-click and choose option to hack.Alternatively, you can use the hacked keyboard shortcut Ctrl + X on PC and Chromebook or ⌘ + X on Mac.

Copying information from the clipboard to another program?

After completing the above steps to copy or move information to the clipboard, you can place it in any program using the paste function, for example you can move to the place where you want to paste text, image or other object and right click on a blank area and choose the option to paste.Alternatively, you can use the keyboard shortcut paste Ctrl + V on PC and Chromebook or ⌘ + V on Mac.

How do I open the clipboard?

Many operating systems include "clipboard viewers" that show what information is currently being stored on the clipboard.These utilities can also be used to configure clipboard with permissions or view clipboard history.Below are the steps for view the clipboard in each version of Windows.

Windows Vista, 7, 8 and 10 users

Unfortunately, Microsoft has decided to no longer include any clipboard viewer in Microsoft Windows Vista, 7, 8, and 10.To view the clipboard content, you must download a third-party utility or application.

Users Windows 2000 and XP

Microsoft Windows 2000 and XP users may have difficulty locating the clipboard because the name has been changed to Clipboard Viewer .It can be located by opening Windows Explorer, then the "Winnt" folder or "Windows", then the "System32" folder.Find and double-click the file clipbrd.exe .

Users can also click Start, Run, type clipbrd and press Enter to run this program.

Windows 9x, ME and NT users

Microsoft Windows 95, 98, NT 4.0 and ME come installed with a clipboard viewer that can be run by clicking on Start , Programs , Tools system and clicking on Clipboard Viewer .The clipboard viewer is also executable through the clipbrd.exe file in the Windows directory.

Windows command line

There are no included Windows command line commands that allow you to view the contents of the clipboard.However, the clip command allows you to redirect the output of a Windows command line command to the Windows clipboard.See page clip command for more information and examples on this command.