Ever wondered why ctrl - C is used for COPY but not ctrl - P for Paste?
Someone asked the same question on StackExchange.
Turned out there is not too much science involved in it and even a 5 year old is able to guess the reason behind it.
Notice that C-copy, X-cut and V-paste are next to each other on the keyboard. Also they are very close to the ctrl key. if a user copied something to the clipboard, the next most probable action would be pasting what was copied. So compared to P, while it makes sense as a language, but from a HCI perspective. It'll be easier on the hand and fingers to go for ctrl+V.
SOURCE:: STACKEXCHANGE(MY FIRST ORIGINAL POST)
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