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  2. Larry Tesler - Wikipedia

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    From there, the two developed the basic copy and paste function, now a standard feature in computing. [4] Tesler also established the idea that computer interfaces should be modeless, where all actions are available to a user at all times, rather than modal, requiring the user to enter a specific mode to perform them. Gypsy was programmed to ...

  3. Cut, copy, and paste - Wikipedia

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    These are the standard shortcuts: Control-Z (or ⌘ Command + Z) to undo. Control-X (or ⌘ Command + X) to cut. Control-C (or ⌘ Command + C) to copy. Control-V (or ⌘ Command + V) to paste. The IBM Common User Access (CUA) standard also uses combinations of the Insert, Del, Shift and Control keys. Early versions of Windows used the IBM ...

  4. Wikipedia:How to make dashes - Wikipedia

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    The CharInsert toolbar. To insert a dash or minus sign, use the toolbar below the edit box. Click where you want the character to be inserted, select "Insert" from the pull-down menu, and then: To insert an en dash (–), click on the first character (the shorter dash). To insert an em dash (—), click on the second character (the longer dash).

  5. Glossary of mathematical symbols - Wikipedia

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    Glossary of mathematical symbols. A mathematical symbol is a figure or a combination of figures that is used to represent a mathematical object, an action on mathematical objects, a relation between mathematical objects, or for structuring the other symbols that occur in a formula. As formulas are entirely constituted with symbols of various ...

  6. At sign - Wikipedia

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    At sign. The at sign, @, is an accounting and invoice abbreviation meaning "at a rate of" (e.g. 7 widgets @ £ 2 per widget = £14), [1] now seen more widely in email addresses and social media platform handles. It is normally read aloud as "at" and is also commonly called the at symbol, commercial at, or address sign.

  7. Clipboard (computing) - Wikipedia

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    The clipboard is usually temporary and unnamed, and its contents reside in the computer's RAM. [1] The clipboard provides an application programming interface by which programs can specify cut, copy and paste operations. It is left to the program to define methods for the user to command these operations, which may include keybindings and menu ...

  8. Control-C - Wikipedia

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    Control-C is a common computer command. It is generated by holding down the Ctrl key and typing the C key. In graphical user interface environments, control+C is often used to copy highlighted text to the clipboard. [1] Macintosh computers use ⌘ Command + C for this. In many command-line interface environments, control+C is used to abort the ...

  9. Help:Entering special characters - Wikipedia

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    On a computer running the Microsoft Windows operating system, many special characters that have decimal equivalent codepoint numbers below 256 can be typed in by using the keyboard's Alt + decimal equivalent code numbers keys. For example, the character é (Small e with acute accent, HTML entity code é) can be obtained by pressing Alt + 130.