hotkey

See also: Hotkey and hot key

English

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Etymology

hot +‎ key

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈhɒtkiː/
  • Hyphenation: hot‧key

Noun

hotkey (plural hotkeys)

  1. (computing) A keyboard shortcut.

Translations
keyboard shortcut — see keyboard shortcut

Verb

hotkey (third-person singular simple present hotkeys, present participle hotkeying, simple past and past participle hotkeyed)

  1. (computing, intransitive) To navigate by means of a keyboard shortcut.
    • 1988, PC Mag, volume 7, number 21, page 183:
      All of the sales talk about hotkeying between 3270 sessions and DOS applications sounds great until you try to squeeze the DOS applications into the PC while it's emulating a terminal.

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