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"etymology_text": "First use appears c. 1964 on the computer keyboard of the PDP-6 TECO.",
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"(computing) A key on a personal computer or terminal keyboard used in combination to alter the function of other keys."
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "computing: a key on a keyboard",
"word": "轉換鍵"
},
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhuǎnhuàn jiàn",
"sense": "computing: a key on a keyboard",
"word": "转换键"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "computing: a key on a keyboard",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "alt-toets"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "computing: a key on a keyboard",
"word": "alt-klavo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "computing: a key on a keyboard",
"word": "Alt-näppäin"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "computing: a key on a keyboard",
"word": "vaihtoehtonäppäin"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "computing: a key on a keyboard",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "touche Alt"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "computing: a key on a keyboard",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Alt-Taste"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "plíktro Alt",
"sense": "computing: a key on a keyboard",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "πλήκτρο Alt"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "alt",
"sense": "computing: a key on a keyboard",
"word": "אלט"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "oruto kī",
"sense": "computing: a key on a keyboard",
"word": "オルトキー"
},
{
"code": "ja",
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"roman": "oruto",
"sense": "computing: a key on a keyboard",
"word": "オルト"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "computing: a key on a keyboard",
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"word": "alt"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "computing: a key on a keyboard",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tecla Alt"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "computing: a key on a keyboard",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tastă Alt"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "alʹt",
"sense": "computing: a key on a keyboard",
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],
"word": "альт"
},
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "kláviša alʹt",
"sense": "computing: a key on a keyboard",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "кла́виша альт"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "computing: a key on a keyboard",
"word": "phím Alt"
}
]
}
],
"word": "alt key"
}
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"word": "function key"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "computing: a key on a keyboard",
"word": "轉換鍵"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhuǎnhuàn jiàn",
"sense": "computing: a key on a keyboard",
"word": "转换键"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "computing: a key on a keyboard",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "alt-toets"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "computing: a key on a keyboard",
"word": "alt-klavo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "computing: a key on a keyboard",
"word": "Alt-näppäin"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "computing: a key on a keyboard",
"word": "vaihtoehtonäppäin"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "computing: a key on a keyboard",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "touche Alt"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "computing: a key on a keyboard",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Alt-Taste"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "plíktro Alt",
"sense": "computing: a key on a keyboard",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "πλήκτρο Alt"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "alt",
"sense": "computing: a key on a keyboard",
"word": "אלט"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "oruto kī",
"sense": "computing: a key on a keyboard",
"word": "オルトキー"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "oruto",
"sense": "computing: a key on a keyboard",
"word": "オルト"
},
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "computing: a key on a keyboard",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "alt"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "computing: a key on a keyboard",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tecla Alt"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "computing: a key on a keyboard",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tastă Alt"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "alʹt",
"sense": "computing: a key on a keyboard",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "альт"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kláviša alʹt",
"sense": "computing: a key on a keyboard",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "кла́виша альт"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "computing: a key on a keyboard",
"word": "phím Alt"
}
],
"word": "alt key"
}
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