"escape key" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: escape keys [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} escape key (plural escape keys)
  1. (computing) A key on a computer keyboard that can be used to cancel an operation. Categories (topical): Computing Synonyms: , Esc [abbreviation], escape Translations (key on a personal computer): 退出鍵 (Chinese Mandarin), 退出键 (tuìchū jiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 逸出鍵 (Chinese Mandarin), 逸出键 (yìchū jiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), poistumisnäppäin (Finnish), esc-näppäin (Finnish), エスケープキー (esukēpu kī) (Japanese), エスケープ (esukēpu) (Japanese), эске́йп (eskéjp) [masculine] (Russian), кла́виша эске́йп (kláviša eskéjp) [feminine] (Russian), phím thoát (Vietnamese)

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