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ALT

On drawings, abbr. for alternate.

(character)

alt - /awlt/ 1. The alt modifier key on many keyboards, including the IBM PC. On some keyboards and operating systems, (but not the IBM PC) the alt key sets bit 7 of the character generated.

See bucky bits.

2. The "clover" or "Command" key on a Macintosh; use of this term usually reveals that the speaker hacked PCs before coming to the Mac (see also feature key). Some Mac hackers, confusingly, reserve "alt" for the Option key (and it is so labelled on some Mac II keyboards).

3. (Obsolete PDP-10; often "ALT") An alternate name for the ASCII ESC character (Escape, ASCII 27), after the keycap labelling on some older terminals; also "altmode" (/awlt'mohd/). This character was almost never pronounced "escape" on an ITS system, in TECO or under TOPS-10, always alt, as in "Type alt alt to end a TECO command" or "alt-U onto the system" (for "log onto the [ITS] system"). This usage probably arose because alt is easier to say.

4. One of the Usenet newsgroup hierarchies. It was founded by John Gilmore and Brian Reid. The alt hierarchy is special in that anyone can create new groups here without going though the normal voting proceduers, hence the regular appearence of new groups with names such as "alt.swedish.chef.bork.bork.bork".

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Peter Garant is an Internet consultant and computer expert who has written many articles about online services such as Free ALT Newsgroups

How to Access Free Alt Newsgroups by John Grant / Computers and Internet community

In keeping with the assistant secretary of the Army (acquisition, logistics and technology) military deputy's intent to integrate ALT doctrine and concepts into an overall coordinated combat service support strategy for the Army, the ALT-FO was stood up in November 2005 at the U.

Army Acquisition Support Center (February 2006): acquisition, ... by Defense AT & L

ALT Software has begun providing 2D/3D graphics drivers designed to enable FMA's Coral-P/PA graphics display controller to operate on ALT's OpenGL and OpenGL ES architectures.

ALT DEVELOPS SOFTWARE PLATFORM FOR FMA GRAPHICS CONTROLLER by Audiotex Update

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