"modifier key" meaning in English

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        {
          "text": "Ctrl, Alt, and Shift are the modifier keys on a typical modern keyboard."
        }
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        "A key (on a computer keyboard) that may be pressed simultaneously with certain other keys to activate predefined functions."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "Alt"
        },
        {
          "word": "Ctrl"
        },
        {
          "word": "Shift"
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        "(computing) A key (on a computer keyboard) that may be pressed simultaneously with certain other keys to activate predefined functions."
      ],
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        "computing",
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        "mathematics",
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "plíktro tropopoíisis",
          "sense": "computing: a key (on a computer keyboard) that may be pressed simultaneously with certain other keys to activate predefined functions",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "πλήκτρο τροποποίησης"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "computing: a key (on a computer keyboard) that may be pressed simultaneously with certain other keys to activate predefined functions",
          "word": "tecla modificadora"
        },
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "computing: a key (on a computer keyboard) that may be pressed simultaneously with certain other keys to activate predefined functions",
          "word": "tecla modificadora"
        }
      ],
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        "modifier key"
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      "word": "Alt"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ctrl"
    },
    {
      "word": "Shift"
    },
    {
      "word": "Windows key"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      ],
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        "(computing) A key (on a computer keyboard) that may be pressed simultaneously with certain other keys to activate predefined functions."
      ],
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        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ],
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "plíktro tropopoíisis",
      "sense": "computing: a key (on a computer keyboard) that may be pressed simultaneously with certain other keys to activate predefined functions",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "πλήκτρο τροποποίησης"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "computing: a key (on a computer keyboard) that may be pressed simultaneously with certain other keys to activate predefined functions",
      "word": "tecla modificadora"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "computing: a key (on a computer keyboard) that may be pressed simultaneously with certain other keys to activate predefined functions",
      "word": "tecla modificadora"
    }
  ],
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}