Etymology
First use appears c. 1964 on the computer keyboard of the PDP-6 TECO.
Noun
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.
Translations
computing: a key on a keyboard
- Arabic: please add this translation if you can
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 轉換鍵 / 转换键 (zhuǎnhuànjiàn)
- Dutch: alt-toets m
- Esperanto: alt-klavo
- Finnish: Alt-näppäin, vaihtoehtonäppäin
- French: touche Alt f, touche alternative f
- German: Alt-Taste f
- Greek: πλήκτρο Alt n (plíktro Alt)
- Hebrew: אלט (alt)
- Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
- Japanese: オルトキー (oruto kī), オルト (oruto)
- Korean: 알트 키 (alteu ki), 알트 (alteu)
- Polish: alt (pl) m
- Portuguese: tecla Alt f
- Romanian: tastă Alt f
- Russian: альт (ru) m (alʹt), кла́виша альт f (kláviša alʹt)
- Spanish: tecla Alt f, tecla alterna f
- Thai: please add this translation if you can
- Turkish: Alt tuşu, alternatif tuşu
- Vietnamese: phím Alt
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