alt key

Noun

Meaning

From left to right: A keyboard's control key, Windows key, alt key.
alt key (plural alt keys)

(computing) A key on a personal computer or terminal keyboard used in combination to alter the function of other keys

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

One must hold down the Alt key while pressing this “dual-function” key to invoke SysRq. Source: Internet

This is the US-International layout, which uses the right Alt key as an AltGr key which supports many additional characters directly as an additional shift key. Source: Internet

The US keyboard layout has a second Alt key instead of the AltGr key and does not use any dead keys ; this makes it inefficient for all but a handful of languages. Source: Internet

Alt key + left mouse button immediately drops the full stack. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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