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{
"etymology_text": "First appeared on a Microsoft keyboard in 1994.",
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"langcode": "en",
"name": "Buttons",
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"Machines",
"Technology",
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"Fundamental"
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"Fundamental"
],
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}
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"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."
],
"id": "en-Windows_key-en-noun-QOpS13AK",
"links": [
[
"computing",
"computing#Noun"
],
[
"key",
"key"
],
[
"computer",
"computer"
],
[
"keyboard",
"keyboard"
],
[
"logo",
"logo"
],
[
"Start menu",
"Start menu"
],
[
"modifier key",
"modifier key"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(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."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "start key"
},
{
"word": "Winkey"
}
],
"topics": [
"computing",
"engineering",
"mathematics",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"sciences"
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "a keyboard key",
"word": "開始按鈕"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "a keyboard key",
"word": "开始按钮"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "kāishǐ ànniǔ",
"sense": "a keyboard key",
"word": "开始按纽"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "a keyboard key",
"word": "開始鍵"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "kāishǐ jiàn",
"sense": "a keyboard key",
"word": "开始键"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a keyboard key",
"word": "Windows-näppäin"
}
]
}
],
"word": "Windows key"
}
{
"etymology_text": "First appeared on a Microsoft keyboard in 1994.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "Windows keys",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
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{
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"English nouns",
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"en:Buttons",
"en:Computing",
"en:Microsoft"
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"glosses": [
"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."
],
"links": [
[
"computing",
"computing#Noun"
],
[
"key",
"key"
],
[
"computer",
"computer"
],
[
"keyboard",
"keyboard"
],
[
"logo",
"logo"
],
[
"Start menu",
"Start menu"
],
[
"modifier key",
"modifier key"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(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."
],
"topics": [
"computing",
"engineering",
"mathematics",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"sciences"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "start key"
},
{
"word": "Winkey"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "a keyboard key",
"word": "開始按鈕"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "a keyboard key",
"word": "开始按钮"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "kāishǐ ànniǔ",
"sense": "a keyboard key",
"word": "开始按纽"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "a keyboard key",
"word": "開始鍵"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "kāishǐ jiàn",
"sense": "a keyboard key",
"word": "开始键"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a keyboard key",
"word": "Windows-näppäin"
}
],
"word": "Windows key"
}
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