pastebin

English

Etymology

From paste +‎ bin.

Noun

pastebin (plural pastebins)

1. (Internet) A website allowing users to store plain text, so that they can refer to it with a simple hyperlink rather than having to paste the entire text elsewhere.
   • 2013, Callum Macrae, Learning from jQuery, page 100:

     For example, if you're stuck with a piece of code or you just want to show off how awesome something you wrote is, then you can paste it into the pastebin and it will give you a link to share with other people. Pastebins usually have built-in […]

   • 2015, Ernesto Damiani, Fulvio Frati, Dirk Riehle, Open Source Systems: Adoption and Impact:

     Some pastebins even include syntax highlighting for common programming languages. This can be an appealing advantage when constructing an email with source code in it, or multiple attached log files, […]

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