"shortcut key" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: shortcut keys [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} shortcut key (plural shortcut keys)
  1. (computing) A key or key combination involved in a keyboard shortcut. Categories (topical): Computing Translations (a key that allows quick access to a prgramme or task): tecla de drecera [feminine] (Catalan), genvejstast [common-gender] (Danish), tastaturgenvej [common-gender] (Danish), πλήκτρο συντόμευσης (plíktro syntómefsis) [feminine] (Greek), pātuhi pokatata (Maori), tecla de atalho [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-shortcut_key-en-noun-VZ3MURHK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for shortcut key meaning in English (1.9kB)

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          "sense": "a key that allows quick access to a prgramme or task",
          "word": "pātuhi pokatata"
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          "sense": "a key that allows quick access to a prgramme or task",
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      "sense": "a key that allows quick access to a prgramme or task",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "tecla de drecera"
    },
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "a key that allows quick access to a prgramme or task",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "pātuhi pokatata"
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