It is left to the program to define methods for the user to command these operations, which may include keybindings and menu selections. The clipboard provides an application programming interface by which programs can specify cut, copy and paste operations.
The clipboard is usually temporary and unnamed, and its contents reside in the computer's RAM. The clipboard is a buffer that some operating systems provide for short-term storage and transfer within and between application programs. For the physical equivalent, see Clipboard.
