"control key" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: control keys [plural]
Etymology: First use appears c. 1978 in the publication Practical Computing. Head templates: {{en-noun}} control key (plural control keys)
  1. (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". Wikipedia link: control key Categories (topical): Buttons, Computer hardware, Computing Related terms: alt key, enter key, function key, return key, shift key Translations (computing: a key on a keyboard): 控制鍵 (Chinese Mandarin), 控制键 (kòngzhì jiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), Ctrl-näppäin (Finnish), Control-näppäin (Finnish), ohjausnäppäin (Finnish), komentonäppäin (Finnish), Strg-Taste [feminine] (German), Steuerungstaste [feminine] (German), Control-Taste [Switzerland, feminine] (German), コントロールキー (kontorōru kī) (Japanese), コントロール (kontorōru) (Japanese), контролно копче (kontrolno kopče) [neuter] (Macedonian), tecla de controle (english: Mac OS X) [Brazil, feminine] (Portuguese), tecla de controlo (english: Mac OS X) [Portugal, feminine] (Portuguese), tecla control [feminine] (Portuguese), контро́ль (kontrólʹ) [masculine] (Russian), кла́виша контро́ль (kláviša kontrólʹ) [feminine] (Russian), kontrolltangent [common-gender] (Swedish)

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