cut-and-paste

(kŭt'ənd-pāst')
adj.
Pieced together from several sources.

The ability to mark a contiguous segment of text or data and move it.

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Describing a patched-up job or trivial work. For example, The revision was easy, just cut and paste, or The new assistant had expected some training, but all she got was cut and paste. This term alludes to simple artwork done by small children--cutting out pictures and gluing them to paper. [Mid-1900s]

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