To move a file or folder in Microsoft Windows you can click and hold down the left mouse button while moving your mouse pointer to the location you want the file or folder to be, which is also known as

**UNSURE** Cutting and pasting*

Explanation:

Its essentially the same thing. Nowadays File Explorer will instead copy the file to the new location in certain circumstances, such as if the destination is a separate drive.

*I'm not sure if this is the type of answer you are looking for, as I'm not sure what context this is in. If you're looking for a specific term regarding that type of action in the user interface, this might not be it.