"keyboard shortcut" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: keyboard shortcuts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} keyboard shortcut (plural keyboard shortcuts)
  1. (computing) A key, or more usually a combination of keys, on the keyboard of a personal computer that activates a specific, predefined function. Wikipedia link: keyboard shortcut Categories (topical): Computing, Typing keyboards Synonyms: accelerator key, hotkey, hot key, key combo, shortcut key, shortcut, keybinding, key binding Translations (key or a combination of keys): tecla de drecera [feminine] (Catalan), klávesová zkratka [feminine] (Czech), tastaturgenvej [common-gender] (Danish), genvejstast [common-gender] (Danish), sneltoets [common-gender] (Dutch), pikanäppäin (Finnish), raccourci clavier [masculine] (French), atallo [masculine] (Galician), atallo de teclado [masculine] (Galician), კლავიატურის მალსახმობი (ḳlaviaṭuris malsaxmobi) (Georgian), Tastenkombination [feminine] (German), Tastaturkurzbefehl [masculine, neuter] (German), Tastaturkürzel [neuter] (German), Tastenkürzel [neuter] (German), Tastaturbefehl [masculine] (German), Tastaturkombination [feminine] (German), Tastensequenz [feminine] (German), Hotkey [masculine] (German), Shortcut [masculine] (German), συντόμευση πληκτρολογίου (syntómefsi pliktrologíou) [feminine] (Greek), billentyűparancs (Hungarian), billentyűkombináció (Hungarian), gyorsbillentyű (Hungarian), aicearra méarchláir [masculine] (Irish), scorciatoia da tastiera [feminine] (Italian), ショートカット (shōtokatto) (Japanese), skrót klawiszowy (Polish), atalho [masculine] (Portuguese), atalho de teclado [masculine] (Portuguese), combinație de taste [feminine] (Romanian), tastă de scurtătură [feminine] (Romanian), tastă rapidă [feminine] (Romanian), клавишная комбина́ция быстрого вызова (klavišnaja kombinácija bystrovo vyzova) (Russian), сокращённая клавиатурная кома́нда (sokraščónnaja klaviaturnaja kománda) (Russian), бы́страя кла́виша (býstraja kláviša) [feminine] (Russian), горячая кла́виша (gorjačaja kláviša) (Russian), шоткат (šotkat) [slang] (Russian), шорткат (šortkat) [slang] (Russian), bližnjica [feminine] (Slovene), atajo [masculine] (Spanish), atajo de teclado [masculine] (Spanish), kortkommando [neuter] (Swedish), kısaltma (Turkish), kısayol tuşu (Turkish), phím tắt (Vietnamese)

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          "word": "kortkommando"
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          "sense": "key or a combination of keys",
          "word": "kısaltma"
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          "sense": "key or a combination of keys",
          "word": "kısayol tuşu"
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          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "key or a combination of keys",
          "word": "phím tắt"
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "atalho"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "key or a combination of keys",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "atalho de teclado"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "key or a combination of keys",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "combinație de taste"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "key or a combination of keys",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tastă de scurtătură"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "key or a combination of keys",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tastă rapidă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "klavišnaja kombinácija bystrovo vyzova",
      "sense": "key or a combination of keys",
      "word": "клавишная комбина́ция быстрого вызова"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sokraščónnaja klaviaturnaja kománda",
      "sense": "key or a combination of keys",
      "word": "сокращённая клавиатурная кома́нда"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "býstraja kláviša",
      "sense": "key or a combination of keys",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "бы́страя кла́виша"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gorjačaja kláviša",
      "sense": "key or a combination of keys",
      "word": "горячая кла́виша"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "šotkat",
      "sense": "key or a combination of keys",
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "шоткат"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "šortkat",
      "sense": "key or a combination of keys",
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "шорткат"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "key or a combination of keys",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bližnjica"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "key or a combination of keys",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "atajo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "key or a combination of keys",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "atajo de teclado"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "key or a combination of keys",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kortkommando"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "key or a combination of keys",
      "word": "kısaltma"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "key or a combination of keys",
      "word": "kısayol tuşu"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "key or a combination of keys",
      "word": "phím tắt"
    }
  ],
  "word": "keyboard shortcut"
}

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