In
MacOS, a clipping file is a (usually) small file created by selecting something in a
drag-and-drop-aware application and dragging it to the
Desktop. Clippings may contain
text,
styled text,
pictures,
movie clips, and various other kinds of material. A clipping may be opened in the
Finder to view its contents; copied into the
Clipboard, or dragged into another drag-and-drop application.
Clippings were introduced in System 7.5.