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CONTROL KEY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does control key mean?
• CONTROL KEY (noun)
The noun CONTROL KEY has 1 sense:
1. (computer science) the key on a computer keyboard that is used (in combination with some other key) to type control characters
Familiarity information: CONTROL KEY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(computer science) the key on a computer keyboard that is used (in combination with some other key) to type control characters
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
command key; control key
Hypernyms ("control key" is a kind of...):
key (a lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed)
Domain category:
computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)
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