Article 4ZNC4 Creator of copy and paste command, Larry Tesler, dies aged 74

Creator of copy and paste command, Larry Tesler, dies aged 74

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Scientist copied the printing technique of physically cutting and glueing printed text

Tributes have been paid to Larry Tesler, the computer scientist who introduced the cut, copy and paste commands, after his death at age 74. The Stanford University graduate, who was a pioneer of early computing, died on Monday in San Francisco.

He worked for blue-chip firms including Apple, Amazon and Yahoo. Tesler appropriately began his Silicon Valley career at photocopying company Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center (Parc) before being recruited by Apple's founder, Steve Jobs.

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