"function key" meaning in All languages combined

See function key on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: function keys [plural]
Etymology: First use appears c. 1930 in the listing of U.S. Patents. Head templates: {{en-noun}} function key (plural function keys)
  1. (computing) Any of a set of keys on a personal computer or terminal keyboard used to activate a predefined or programmable function, especially a numbered row of keys (F1, F2, etc.) above the alphanumeric keys. Wikipedia link: function key Categories (topical): Buttons, Computing Translations (computing: key that activates a function): funktionstast (Danish), funkuknappur (Faroese), funktionäppäin (Finnish), toimintonäppäin (Finnish), aðgerðarhnappur [masculine] (Icelandic), funksjonstast (Norwegian Bokmål), funksjonstast (Norwegian Nynorsk), klawisz funkcyjny [masculine] (Polish), tecla de função [feminine] (Portuguese), funktionstangent [common-gender] (Swedish)

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