Pastebin

Also known as nopaste, a pastebin is a web site where users are allowed to paste several lines of text or code so that they may link to this information in a chat room instead of having to paste all those lines directly into the chat. Users in the chat room simply go to the link if they wish to see this information. Pasting the information directly into a chat room has disadvantages, such as the possibility of being kicked off the chat, or disrupting other users' conversations. Such paste sites also have other benefits, such as for users who are unable to send or receive files directly due to a firewall or other connection issues.

• Popular pasting sites include: http://rafb.net/paste/ and http://pastebin.com/

Also see: Chat definitions, Paste, Programming definitions