# Paste

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**Paste** is a term for any very thick viscous fluid. It may refer to:

## Science and technology

- [Adhesive](/source/Adhesive) or paste - [Wallpaper paste](/source/Wallpaper_paste) - [Wheatpaste](/source/Wheatpaste), a liquid adhesive made from vegetable starch and water
- [Paste (rheology)](/source/Paste_(rheology)), a substance that behaves as a solid and a liquid depending on applied load
- [Paste gem](/source/Paste_gem), a diamond simulant made from rock crystal, glass, or acrylic

### Computing

- [Paste (Unix)](/source/Paste_(Unix)), a Unix command line utility which is used to join files horizontally
- [Paste](/source/FiftyThree#Paste), a presentation program designed by FiftyThree
- [Cut, copy, and paste](/source/Cut,_copy,_and_paste), related commands that offer a UI interaction technique for digital transfer from a source to a destination
- [Python Paste](/source/Python_Paste), a set of utilities for web development in Python

## Arts, entertainment and media

- [*Paste* (magazine)](/source/Paste_(magazine)), a monthly music and entertainment digital magazine
- ["Paste" (story)](/source/Paste_(story)), a 5,800-word short story by Henry James
- [Paste paper](/source/Paste_paper), a type of surface-decoration used in bookbinding and other decorative arts

## Food

- [Paste (food)](/source/Paste_(food)), a semi-liquid colloidal suspension, emulsion, or aggregation used in food preparation - [Purée](/source/Pur%C3%A9e), a food paste made with cooked ingredients - [Spread (food)](/source/Spread_(food)), a ready-to-eat food paste
- [Paste (pasty)](/source/Paste_(pasty)), a small pastry produced in Mexico
- Paste, in the [cuisine of Guinea](/source/Cuisine_of_Guinea), a savory pastry

## See also

- [Cut and paste (disambiguation)](/source/Cut_and_paste_(disambiguation))
- [Paaste](/source/Paaste), a village in Estonia

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