clipboard
noun
clip·board
ˈklip-ˌbȯrd 
1
: a small writing board with a clip at the top for holding papers
2
: a section of computer memory that temporarily stores data (such as text or a graphics image) especially to facilitate its movement or duplication
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Instructions on a clipboard explained how much Pacific Foods vegetable broth to add to soups A1 through E1, whose salt contents ranged from 0.39 grams to 5.61 grams.
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Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
Young people are everywhere, carrying lengths of metal, black boxes with knobs on them, clipboards, garment bags.
—Honor Jones, The Atlantic, 7 Dec. 2024
This opens up privacy concerns because the clipboard may contain personal or sensitive information that could be accessed or shared without the user's knowledge.
—Dmitry Dontov, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
This Brown Toy Box: Haylee Medical Sciences Kit includes a clipboard, bandages, tweezers, an activity book, and an anatomy doll to help kids develop an understanding of the human body.
—Cheryl Fenton, Parents, 5 Dec. 2024
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Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
Young people are everywhere, carrying lengths of metal, black boxes with knobs on them, clipboards, garment bags.
—Honor Jones, The Atlantic, 7 Dec. 2024
This opens up privacy concerns because the clipboard may contain personal or sensitive information that could be accessed or shared without the user's knowledge.
—Dmitry Dontov, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
This Brown Toy Box: Haylee Medical Sciences Kit includes a clipboard, bandages, tweezers, an activity book, and an anatomy doll to help kids develop an understanding of the human body.
—Cheryl Fenton, Parents, 5 Dec. 2024
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clipboard
noun
clip·board
ˈklip-ˌbō(ə)rd
-ˌbȯ(ə)rd
1
: a small board with a clip at the top for holding papers
2
: a part of computer memory used to store data temporarily
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