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Alt key

A keyboard key that is pressed with a letter or digit key to command the computer. For example, in Windows, holding down the Alt key and pressing F displays the File menu if it is a current option on screen. Pressing Alt-Tab toggles between active windows (see Alt-Tab). See Flip 3D.

ALT key [′ȯlt ′kē]

(computer science)

alternate key

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