jump

Brill Publishers
hydraulic jump
jump cut
jump discontinuity
jump instruction

From Middle English jumpen (“to walk quickly, run, jump”), probably of Middle Low German or North Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *gumpōną ~ *gumbōną (“to hop, skip, bounce”), an iterative verb. The OED suggests an imitative origin. Related to jumble. In the sense “to propel oneself” it displaced leap partially and spring largely.
Cognates
Cognate with German Low German jumpen (“to jump”), archaic German gumpen (“to jump, hop, bounce”), dialectal German gampen (“to hop”), Alemannic German gumpe (“to leap, jump”), Walser dialect kumpu, Old Norse gopta (“to jump; make jump”) Danish gumpe (“to jolt”), Swedish gumpa (“to jump”), Danish gimpe (“to move up and down”), Middle English jumpren, jumbren (“to mix, jumble”).

onomatopoeic

imitative

cog

Press jump to start.

A button (of a joypad, joystick or similar device) used to make a video game character jump (propel itself upwards).


fire

en-verb

fire (third-person singular simple present fires, present participle firing, simple past and past participle fired)

fires (present singular third-person)
firing (participle present)
fired (participle past)
fired (past)
fire (infinitive)
fire (first-person present singular)
fired (first-person past singular)
fire (present second-person singular)
firest (archaic present second-person singular)
fired (past second-person singular)
firedst (archaic past second-person singular)
fires (present singular third-person)
fireth (archaic present singular third-person)
fired (past singular third-person)
fire (plural present)
fired (past plural)
fire (present subjunctive)
fired (past subjunctive)
fire (imperative present)
firing (participle present)
fired (participle past)

From Middle English firen, fyren, furen, from Old English fȳrian (“to make a fire”), from the noun (see above). Cognate with Old Frisian fioria (“to light a fire”), Saterland Frisian fjuurje (“to fire”), Middle Dutch vûren, vueren, vieren (“to set fire”), Dutch vuren (“to fire, shoot”), Old High German fiuren (“to ignite, set on fire”), German feuern (“to fire”).

udløse

computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event

(intransitive, dated) To catch fire; to be kindled.


button

en-verb

button (third-person singular simple present buttons, present participle buttoning, simple past and past participle buttoned)

buttons (present singular third-person)
buttoning (participle present)
buttoned (participle past)
buttoned (past)

From Middle English butonen, botonen, from the noun (see above).

napittaa (with an auxiliary verb or expression, e.g. voida, pystyä)

The coat will not button.

(intransitive) To be fastened by a button or buttons.


rewind

I meant to pause the picture, but hit the rewind by mistake.

A button or other mechanism for rewinding.


play

en-noun

play (countable and uncountable, plural plays)

From Middle English pleyen, playen, pleȝen, plæien, also Middle English plaȝen, plawen (compare English plaw), from Old English pleġan, pleoġan, plæġan, and Old English plegian, pleagian, plagian (“to play, exercise, etc.”), from Proto-West Germanic *plehan (“to care about, be concerned with”) and Proto-West Germanic *plegōn (“to engage, move”); both perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *blek- (“to move, move about”), from Proto-Indo-European *bal- (compare Ancient Greek βλύω (blúō), βλύζω (blúzō, “I gush out, spring”), Sanskrit बल्बलीति (balbalīti, “it whirls, twirls”)).
cognates and related terms
Cognate with Scots play (“to act or move briskly, cause to move, stir”), Saterland Frisian pleegje (“to look after, care for, maintain”), West Frisian pleegje, pliigje (“to commit, perform, bedrive”), Middle Dutch pleyen ("to dance, leap for joy, rejoice, be glad"; compare Modern Dutch pleien (“to play a particular children's game”)), Dutch plegen (“to commit, bedrive, practice”), German pflegen (“to care for, be concerned with, attend to, tend”). Related also to Old English plēon (“to risk, endanger”). More at plight, pledge.
The noun is from Middle English pleye, from Old English plæġ, plega, plæġa (“play, quick motion, movement, exercise; (athletic) sport, game; festivity, drama; battle; gear for games, an implement for a game; clapping with the hands, applause”), deverbative of plegian (“to play”); see above.

gloss

compare English <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">plaw</i>

gloss

"to dance, leap for joy, rejoice, be glad"; compare Modern Dutch <i class="Latn mention" lang="nl">pleien</i> (“to play a particular children's game”)

tūtākaro

a short sequence of action within a game

all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy

God does not play dice with the universe

press play

(countable) A button that, when pressed, causes media to be played.


key

From Middle English keye, kaye, keiȝe, from Old English cǣġ (“key, solution, experiment”) (whence also Scots key and kay (“key”)), of uncertain origin. The only sure cognates are Saterland Frisian Koai (“key”), West Frisian kaai (“key”), and North Frisian kay (“key”). Possibly from Proto-Germanic *kēgaz, *kēguz (“stake, post, pole”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵogʰ-, *ǵegʰ-, *ǵegʰn- (“branch, stake, bush”), which would make it cognate with Middle Low German kāk (“whipping post, pillory”), and perhaps to Middle Dutch keige (“javelin, spear”) and Middle Low German keie, keige (“spear”). For the semantic development, note that medieval keys were simply long poles (ending in a hook) with which a crossbar obstructing a door from the inside could be removed from the outside, by lifting it through a hole in the door. Liberman has noted, however, "The original meaning of *kaig-jo- was presumably '*pin with a twisted end.' Words with the root *kai- followed by a consonant meaning 'crooked, bent; twisted' are common only in the North Germanic languages."

шпи́лка

object used to maintain the orientation between two others

Key in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Press the Escape key.

(computing) One of several small, usually square buttons on a typewriter or computer keyboard, mostly corresponding to text characters.

sleutel

button on a typewriter or computer keyboard


stop

en-verb

stop (third-person singular simple present stops, present participle stopping, simple past and past participle stopped)

stops (present singular third-person)
stopping (participle present)
stopped (participle past)
stopped (past)
stop (infinitive)
stop (first-person present singular)
stopped (first-person past singular)
stop (present second-person singular)
stoppest (archaic present second-person singular)
stopped (past second-person singular)
stoppedst (archaic past second-person singular)
stops (present singular third-person)
stoppeth (archaic present singular third-person)
stopped (past singular third-person)
stop (plural present)
stopped (past plural)
stop (present subjunctive)
stopped (past subjunctive)
stop (imperative present)
stopping (participle present)
stopped (participle past)

continue

antonym(s) of “to cause to cease moving”

continue

antonym(s) of “to cause to come to an end”

→ Finnish: stop

→ French: stop

→ Greek: στοπ (stop)

→ Hungarian: stop

→ Irish: stop

→ Italian: stop

→ Latvian: stop

→ Ottoman Turkish: استوپ (istop)

→ Polish: stop

→ Portuguese: stop

→ Russian: стоп (stop)

→ Spanish: stop

→ Welsh: stopio

→ Tok Pisin: stap

From Middle English stoppen, stoppien, from Old English stoppian (“to stop, close”), from Proto-West Germanic *stoppōn, from Proto-Germanic *stuppōną (“to stop, close”), *stuppijaną (“to push, pierce, prick”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp-, *(s)tewb- (“to push; stick”), from *(s)tew- (“to bump; impact; butt; push; beat; strike; hit”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian stopje (“to stop, block”), West Frisian stopje (“to stop”), Dutch stoppen (“to stop”), Low German stoppen (“to stop”), German stopfen (“to be filling, stuff”), German stoppen (“to stop”), Danish stoppe (“to stop”), Swedish stoppa (“to stop”), Icelandic stoppa (“to stop”), Middle High German stupfen, stüpfen (“to pierce”). More at stuff, stump.
Alternative etymology derives Proto-West Germanic *stoppōn from an assumed Vulgar Latin *stūpāre, *stuppāre (“to stop up with tow”), from stūpa, stīpa, stuppa (“tow, flax, oakum”), from Ancient Greek στύπη (stúpē), στύππη (stúppē, “tow, flax, oakum”). This derivation, however, is doubtful, as the earliest instances of the Germanic verb do not carry the meaning of "stuff, stop with tow". Rather, these senses developed later in response to influence from similar sounding words in Latin and Romance.

stilhou

not to continue — see also cease, desist

megakadályoz

to cause to cease progressing, to prevent

if you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging

to stop with a friend

He stopped for two weeks at the inn.

He stopped at his friend's house before continuing with his drive.

by stopping at home till the money was gone

She’s not going away. She’s going to stop here forever.

1931, E. F. Benson, chapter 7, in Mapp & Lucia:

(intransitive) To stay; to spend a short time; to reside or tarry temporarily.


start

en-verb

start (third-person singular simple present starts, present participle starting, simple past and past participle started)

starts (present singular third-person)
starting (participle present)
started (participle past)
started (past)

→ Cantonese: 撻 /挞 (taat¹)

→ Dutch: starten

→ German: starten

→ Norman: stèrter

→ French: starter

→ Icelandic: starta

→ Faroese: starta

→ Norwegian Bokmål: starte

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: starta

→ Swedish: starta

→ Danish: starte

→ Slovak: štartovať

From Middle English sterten (“to leap up suddenly, rush out”), from Old English styrtan (“to leap up, start”), from Proto-West Germanic *sturtijan (“to startle, move, set in motion”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ter- (“to be stiff”). Cognate with Old Frisian stirta (“to fall down, tumble”), Middle Dutch sterten (“to rush, fall, collapse”) (Dutch storten), Old High German sturzen (“to hurl, plunge, turn upside down”) (German stürzen), Old High German sterzan (“to be stiff, protrude”). More at stare.

cog

when the looting starts, the shooting starts

Physical poison would make them start from arsenicked bread; shall not the moral poison which is in it, make them start more promptly still from slave produce?

1836, Elizur Wright, Quarterly Anti-slavery Magazine, volume 2, page 162:

To startle or be startled; to move or be moved suddenly.

[...] we could, with the greateſt eaſe, as well as clearneſs, ſee all objects, (ourſelves unſeen) only by applying our eyes cloſe to the crevice, where the moulding of a pannel had warp'd, or ſtarted a little on the other ſide.

1749, [John Cleland], “[Letter the First]”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], volume I, London: […] [Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], →OCLC, page 76:

(intransitive) To break away, to come loose.

to start a water cask

(transitive, nautical) To pour out; to empty; to tap and begin drawing from.


kick

en-verb

kick (third-person singular simple present kicks, present participle kicking, simple past and past participle kicked)

kicks (present singular third-person)
kicking (participle present)
kicked (participle past)
kicked (past)
kick (infinitive)
kick (first-person present singular)
kicked (first-person past singular)
kick (present second-person singular)
kickest (archaic present second-person singular)
kicked (past second-person singular)
kickedst (archaic past second-person singular)
kicks (present singular third-person)
kicketh (archaic present singular third-person)
kicked (past singular third-person)
kick (plural present)
kicked (past plural)
kick (present subjunctive)
kicked (past subjunctive)
kick (imperative present)
kicking (participle present)
kicked (participle past)

→ German: kicken

→ Welsh: cicio

From Middle English kyken (“to strike out with the foot”), from Old Norse kikna (“to sink at the knees”) and keikja (“to bend backwards”) (compare Old Norse keikr (“bent backwards, the belly jutting forward”)), from Proto-Germanic *kaikaz (“bent backwards”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *kī-, *kij- (“to split, dodge, swerve sidewards”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵeyH- (“to sprout, shoot”). Compare also Dutch kijken (“to look”), Middle Low German kīken (“to look, watch”). See keek.

штовхну́ти

ного́ю; нога́ми

Did you kick your brother?

1895, George MacDonald, Lilith, Chapter XII: Friends and Foes,
I was cuffed by the women and kicked by the men because I would not swallow it.

A punt is made by letting the ball drop from the hands and kicking it just before it touches the ground.

1905, Fielding H. Yost, chapter 6, in Football for Player and Spectator:

Will Henderson, who had on a light overcoat and no overshoes, kicked the heel of his left foot with the toe of the right.

1919, Sherwood Anderson, “The Teacher: concerning Kate Swift”, in Winesburg, Ohio:

Or to put it in the more colourful language of our Prime Minister: "The secret to improving rail transport, in my view, is you need to find the right arse to kick." Unfortunately, since the abolition of the Strategic Rail Authority (SRA) in 2005, the DfT has ostensibly been in direct control of railway policy setting, and this has meant that the only arse the government has been able to kick is its own.

2020 September 9, Jason Chamberlain, “The growing likelihood of a 'different type of railway'”, in Rail, page 45:

(transitive) To strike or hit with the foot or other extremity of the leg.

In the meantime, it is possible for the embedded software to “kick” the watchdog timer, to reset its counter to the original large number.

1999, Michael Barr, Programming Embedded Systems in C and C++, page 98:

From now on the process has to periodically kick the watchdog timer in intervals shorter than the initialization interval.

2012, Tarek Sobh, Khaled Elleithy, Emerging Trends in Computing, Informatics, Systems Sciences, and Engineering, page 763:

(computing, transitive) To reset (a watchdog timer).


punch

en-verb

punch (third-person singular simple present punches, present participle punching, simple past and past participle punched)

punches (present singular third-person)
punching (participle present)
punched (participle past)
punched (past)

From Middle English punchen, partially from Old French ponchonner (“to punch”), from ponchon (“pointed tool”), from Latin punctio, from punctus, perfect passive participle of pungō (“I prick”); and partially from Middle English punchen, a syncopated variant of punischen ("to punish"; see punish). Also influenced by Middle English punchon ("a punch"; see puncheon). Compare also Middle English bunchen, bonchen (“to punch, deliver a blow, pound, beat”).

gloss

"to punish"; see <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">punish</i>

"a punch"; see <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">puncheon</i>

As night watchman he was required to punch a watchman's clock; the stations were scattered all over the place.

1922, William Otis Badger, editor, The Workmen's compensation law journal, volume 10, page 129:

The patrol clock and punch key system made sure that crewmen completed their patrols. At the far end of his patrol, he used a key to punch his clock and start the return trip.

2000, William D. Peterson, United States Life-Saving Service in Michigan, page 106:

Another shipmate remembered the watch clock on the strap we had to carry to punching stations. He was assigned to a guard shack. He had rounds to the Officer's Club and sleeping quarters where he'd have to punch the clock at different stations.

2007, Dick Juge, The Historic Northwest Passage and the CGC Storis, page 27:

(transitive) To operate (a device or system) by depressing a button, key, bar, or pedal, or by similar means.

painaa nappia

to operate by pressing a button or similar


pause

From Middle French pause, from Latin pausa, from Ancient Greek παῦσις (paûsis), from Ancient Greek παύω (paúō, “stop”), of uncertain origin. Doublet of pausa.

Alternative spelling of Pause (“a button that pauses or resumes something”).


tilde

Borrowed from Spanish tilde, from Latin titulus (“superscript”) or from tildar. Doublet of titer/titre, title, titlo, tittle, and titulus. Compare Portuguese til.

apex

visually similar diacritic in Middle Vietnamese that is often confused with the tilde

A diacritical mark ⟨˜⟩ placed above a letter to modify its pronunciation.

In Spanish, ⟨ñ⟩ is a palatalized ⟨n⟩, for example in ⟨cañón⟩.

Another name for the Vietnamese tone mark dấu ngã, which is placed above a vowel to indicate a creaky rising tone (thanh ngã).

Another name for apex, a curved diacritic used in the 17th century to mark final nasalization in the early Vietnamese alphabet. It was an adoption of the Portuguese tilde.

A symbol ⟨~⟩, with various names and uses, also known as swung dash or wave dash. In the computer industry, various other names may be used, such as squiggle and twiddle.

In lexicography, the ⟨~⟩ symbol is used used to indicate the repetition of the topical word or item. In this case, the symbol is also called a swung dash.

May be used to represent approximation, in English prose and in mathematics. For example, “My dog weighs ~30 pounds.”


enter

From Middle English entren, from Old French entrer, from Latin intrō (“enter”, verb), from intrā (“inside”). Has been spelled as "enter" for several centuries even in the United Kingdom, although British English and the English of many Commonwealth Countries (e.g. Australia, Canada) retain the "re" ending for many words such as centre, fibre, spectre, theatre, calibre, sombre, lustre, and litre.

(computing) Alternative spelling of Enter (“the computer key”).

(computing) Alternative spelling of Enter (“a stroke of the computer key”).


delete

From Latin dēlētus, past participle of dēlēre (“destroy, blot out, efface”), from dēlēvī, originally perf. tense of dēlinere (“to daub, erase by smudging”), from dē- (“from, away”) + linere (“to smear, wipe”). Original sense first appears c. 1495. In common use for ordering the absence of features of products (such as automobiles) in the 1960s. The computing sense, including the noun form, first appears c. 1977 in Software: Practice & Experience. Not related to deleterious.

(uncountable) Alternative letter-case form of Delete.


crouch

en-verb

crouch (third-person singular simple present crouches, present participle crouching, simple past and past participle crouched)

crouches (present singular third-person)
crouching (participle present)
crouched (participle past)
crouched (past)

From Middle English crouchen (“to bend, crouch”), variant of croken (“to bend, crook”), from crok (“crook, hook”), from Old Norse krókr (“hook”), from Proto-Germanic *krōkaz (“hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *gerg- (“wicker, bend”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to turn, wind, weave”). Compare Middle Dutch krōken (“to crook, curl”). More at crook.

der

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We crouched behind the low wall until the squad of soldiers had passed by.

Archer and Jacob jumped up from behind the mound where they had been crouching with the intention of springing upon their mother unexpectedly, and they all began to walk slowly home.

1922, Virginia Woolf, chapter 2, in Jacob's Room:

(intransitive) To bend down; to stoop low; to stand close to the ground with legs bent, like an animal when waiting for prey, or someone in fear.

kings ſhall crouch vnto our conquering ſwords,
And hoſtes of Souldiers ſtand amazd at vs,
When with their fearfull tongues they ſhall confeſſe
Theſe are the men that al the world admires,

c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene ii:

Must I stand and crouch
 Under your testy humour?

1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:

a crouching purpose

1816, William Wordsworth, Thanksgiving Ode:

(intransitive) To bend servilely; to bow in reverence or humility.


crouch

The cat waited in a crouch, hidden behind the hedge.


crouch

From Middle English crouche, cruche, from Old English crūċ (“cross”). Compare Old Saxon krūci (“cross”), Old High German krūzi (“cross”). Doublet of cross and crux.


crouch

(obsolete) To sign with the cross; bless.


shift

en-noun

shift (countable and uncountable, plural shifts)

The noun is from Middle English schyft, shyffte. Cognate with German Schicht (“layer, shift”).
The verb is from Middle English schiften, from Old English sċiftan (“to divide, separate into shares; appoint, ordain; arrange, organise”), from Proto-Germanic *skiftijaną, *skiptijaną, from earlier *skipatjaną (“to organise, put in order”), from Proto-Indo-European *skeyb- (“to separate, divide, part”), from Proto-Indo-European *skey- (“to cut, divide, separate, part”). Cognate with Scots schift, skift (“to shift”), West Frisian skifte, skiftsje (“to sort”), Dutch schiften (“to sort, screen, winnow, part”), German schichten (“to stack, layer”), Swedish skifta (“to shift, change, exchange, vary”), Norwegian skifte (“to shift”), Icelandic skipta (“to switch”). See ship.

cog

If you press shift-P, the preview display will change.

Alternative spelling of Shift (“a modifier button of computer keyboards”).


bumper

Dutch: bumper

Japanese: バンパー (banpā)

Korean: 범퍼 (beompeo)

Russian: ба́мпер (bámper)

(video games) A shoulder button on a gamepad.


Alt

Abbreviation of alternate or alternative.

(computing) A modifier key used to change (alternate) the function of other pressed keys.


Del

Abbreviation of Delete (“key of a computer keyboard that deletes text, files, etc.”).

Entf

abbreviation on the delete key on a keyboard


End

A key that when pressed causes the cursor to go to the last character of the current line.


Home

(computing) A key that when pressed causes the cursor to go to the first character of the current line, or in a web browser to the top of the web page.


Pause

A button whose functions are pausing and resuming something, such as a DVD player, a video game or a computer.


Start

Starts (plural)
start (alternative)
START (alternative)

The verb start, with initial uppercase letter.

A typical button for video games, originally used to start a game, now also often to pause or choose an option.


backspace

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The key on a typewriter that moves the head one position backwards.

(computing) A keyboard key used for removing a character behind the cursor, and moving the cursor one position backwards.

(computing) A non-printable text character representing a backspace.


backspace

en-verb

backspace (third-person singular simple present backspaces, present participle backspacing, simple past and past participle backspaced)

backspaces (present singular third-person)
backspacing (participle present)
backspaced (participle past)
backspaced (past)

So once you hit 'E', just backspace.

2024 April 17, SMii7Y, 1:20 from the start, in Content Warning Footage That Should Never Be Uploaded, spoken by SMii7Y:

(computing) To remove a character behind a cursor.

(computing) To move a magnetic tape to a previous block.


space bar

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Hand position is best secured by dropping the fourth fingers upon P and Q and making the other fingers fall naturally upon the next figures in order, P O I U, for right hand, and Q W E R for the left; then place the right thumb on the space bar, and if the elbows are close to the body, a good hand position is attained.

1893, Bates Torrey, Instuction in Practical Shorthand, page 276:

(computing) A key, in the shape of a bar, near the bottom of a keyboard, that generates a space character when pressed.


function key

First use appears c. 1930 in the listing of U.S. Patents.

(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.

功能键

computing: key that activates a function


shift key

First use appears c. 1883 in the listing of U.S. Patents.

The key on a typewriter used to select uppercase letters and certain special characters by physically moving the mechanism

(computing) A key on a personal computer or terminal keyboard used to effect the same function, or to change the function of the function keys.


alt key

First use appears c. 1964 on the computer keyboard of the PDP-6 TECO.

(computing) A key on a personal computer or terminal keyboard used in combination to alter the function of other keys.


control key

First use appears c. 1978 in the publication Practical Computing.

(computing, computer hardware) A key on a personal computer or terminal keyboard used in combination to modify the function of other keys; normally labelled "Ctrl".


Ctrl

Press Ctrl-Alt-Del to restart the computer.

(computing) Abbreviation of control key.

Strg

abbreviation on the control key on a keyboard


fast forward

en-noun

fast forward (countable and uncountable, plural fast forwards)

fast forwards (plural)
fast-forward (alternative)

A button that causes media to be fast forwarded.


Caps Lock

Caps Lock (countable and uncountable, plural Caps Locks)

Caps Locks (plural)
caps lock (alternative)

(computing) A lock key on a computer keyboard, which, when pressed, causes all subsequently typed letters to be capitalised except those typed while holding the shift key.


Num Lock

Num Locks (plural)
num lock (alternative)

(computing) A key on a standard extended keyboard which, when pressed, toggles the keys of the numeric keypad between cursor control functions and numeric digits.

num lock

a key that toggles the function of the numeric keypad


fire button

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You launch him into the air with a quick press on the fire button, trying to pass over bombs as you fly.

1986, Rachael Smith, Bomb Jack (video game review in Your Sinclair issue 5, May 1986)

(video games) A button on a joystick or joypad that corresponds to the action of firing a weapon, but often represents other in-game actions.


shortcut key

(computing) A key or key combination involved in a keyboard shortcut.

tecla de drecera

a key that allows quick access to a prgramme or task


home row

The keys in the center row of a typewriter or computer keyboard on which the index fingers to little fingers of a typist's hands rest when not typing. On a standard qwerty keyboard, the home row is made up of the keys ASDF for the typist's left hand, and JKL; for the right hand.


modifier key

Ctrl, Alt, and Shift are the modifier keys on a typical modern keyboard.

(computing) A key (on a computer keyboard) that may be pressed simultaneously with certain other keys to activate predefined functions.


Scroll Lock

Scroll Locks (plural)
scroll lock (alternative)

(computing) A key on a standard extended keyboard, originally causing the arrow keys to scroll a window rather than moving a cursor, now sometimes used for other purposes.

scroll lock

a key, originally causing the arrow keys to scroll a window rather than moving a cursor


Page Down

(computing) A keyboard key that when pressed scrolls down to the next page of content.

sivu alas

a key that scrolls down to the next page of content


Page Up

(computing) A keyboard key that when pressed scrolls up to the previous page of content.

sivu ylös

a key that scrolls down to the previous page of content


Insert

Now type the word "fleece" and then a space, and press INSERT once more to cancel LOCK INSERT.

1983, Jonathan Sachs, Rick Meyer, The HHC User Guide, Osborne/McGraw-Hill, →ISBN, page 30:

The removed text is temporarily stored in the system INSERT HERE buffer. To insert that text at a new location, position the cursor at the new location and press INSERT.

1990, Paula Sharick, The Essential Guide to VMS Utilities and Commands: VMS Version 5, Van Nostrand Reinhold, →ISBN:

Press INSERT one time. You will notice the mode indicator change to the other mode. Press INSERT again, and the indicator will return to the original mode. If necessary, press INSERT again so "Insert" appears as the mode.

1995, Daniel J. Fingerman, Lotus Word Pro 96 for Windows 95 Made Easy: The Basics and ..., Osborne McGraw-Hill, →ISBN:

To add another trustee to the list, press Insert. To delete a trustee from the list, select the trustee in question and press Delete. To modify the rights for an existing trustee press, select the trustee in question and press Enter.

1996, Doug Bierer, Inside NetWare 4.1, New Riders, →ISBN:

Press Insert and select the print queue created in the previous section.

1997, Jeffrey F. Hughes, The Network Press QuickPath to NetWare 4.11 Networks, Network Press, →ISBN, page 425:

Press Insert to hold down the mouse button for dragging and press Delete to stop dragging.

2011, Arnold Reinhold, Switching to a Mac For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 148:

Pressing the Insert key yields another branch. Give it a short label, say “Introduction.” Press Insert again and you get subbranches.

2011, Jay Cross, Informal Learning: Rediscovering the Natural Pathways That Inspire Innovation and Performance, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 91:

Then press the insert key on the keyboard to go into pivot mode. (..) Press Insert again to return to the normal move tool.

2013, Eric Luhta, How to Cheat in Maya 2012: Tools and Techniques for ..., Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 125:

A key that when pressed switches between the overtype mode and the insert mode of a computer.


Print Screen

Print Screens (plural)
Prt Sc (alternative)
Prt Scr (alternative)
Prt Scn (alternative)
Prt Scrn (alternative)
Prtn Scr (alternative)
Print Scrn (alternative)

A keyboard key; typically, the same key shares the functions of Print Screen and System Request (SysRq). Print Screen prints the screen in some command line systems such as MS-DOS and makes a screenshot in some graphical interface systems such as Windows.


Delete

Deletes (plural)
Del (alternative)
delete (alternative)

(computing) A key that may be pressed to delete something (such as text or files) from a computer. The key also erases text from left to right, unlike the backspace key.

touche de suppression

a key that may be pressed to delete something


lock key

Any of certain keys of a computer keyboard that switch between certain states, which may be represented by LEDs.


Shift

(computing) A modifier key whose main function is shifting between two or more functions of any of certain other keys (usually by pressing Shift and the other button simultaneously).


Select

A button (of a joystick, joypad or similar device) that, when pressed, activates any of certain predefined functions that usually, but not always, involve selecting something out of a list of items.


Reset

A button that resets a device, often a computer.


Power

A button of a computer, a video game console, or similar device, that when pressed, causes the device to be either shut down or powered up.


big red button

A real, fictional, or figurative button that controls a function of critical importance and that is usually large and red, ensuring quick identification.


arrow key

(computing) Any of a set of keyboard keys marked with directional arrows, used for navigation through documents and lists etc.


Windows key

First appeared on a Microsoft keyboard in 1994.

(computing) A key on a computer keyboard bearing the Microsoft Windows logo, used to open the Start menu and as a modifier key for various other functions.

開始鍵 /开始键 (kāishǐjiàn, literally “start key”)


Command key

Press ⌘Q to Quit an application.

(computing) A modifier key present on Apple keyboards.


Start button

graphical user interface
graphical user interface

(computing, graphical user interface) A labeled button in some versions of the Windows operating system that opens the Start menu.


Tab

(computing) A key on a computer keyboard that typically inserts a tab or moves the input focus.


escape key

(computing) A key on a computer keyboard that can be used to cancel an operation.


shoulder button

shoulder button (plural shoulder buttons)

(video games) A button placed on the upper corner of a gamepad or handheld console, typically providing analogue input.