Stuck or adhered something to something else using paste or glue, or in computing, inserted copied text in a new location.
From Old French 'paste,' from Latin 'pasta' (paste, dough). The word entered English in the 1400s for the adhesive substance and extended to the action of applying it.
Paste is one of humanity's oldest technologies—ancient Egyptians used flour paste thousands of years ago, and the digital metaphor of copy-paste is barely 40 years old, yet feels as natural as the original adhesive paste.
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