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Definition: pastebin


A storage website for text. Pastebins arose in the late 1990s when programmers wanted a way to send their source code to peers for review without having to intersperse it in their IRC chats. Pastebins are used for both large chunks of code and small snippets. See GitHub.




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Pastebin.com and other pastebins were designed for sharing source code, although any text can be added.