HOT KEY meaning: Keyboard shortcut for specific action - OneLook

Usually means: Keyboard shortcut for specific action.

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General (12 matching dictionaries)

hot key: Merriam-Webster
hot key: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
hot key: Collins English Dictionary
hot-key: Wordnik
hot key: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
hot key: Wiktionary
hot key: Dictionary.com
Hot key: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
hot key: TheFreeDictionary.com
hot key: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Computing (3 matching dictionaries)

Hot Key: CCI Computer
Webopedia (No longer online)
hot key: Encyclopedia

Google, News, Images, Wikipedia, Reddit, BlueSky

Definitions from Wiktionary (Hot key)

▸ noun: Alternative form of hotkey [(computing) A keyboard shortcut.]

Similar:

hotbutton, softkey, hot-desk, hotdesk, hot shot, hotseat, hotpatch, keylight, hot-plate, hot-desker, more...

Opposite:

cold key, unassigned key, non-hotkey

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Similar:

hotbutton, softkey, hot-desk, hotdesk, hot shot, hotseat, hotpatch, keylight, hot-plate, hot-desker, more...

Opposite:

cold key, unassigned key, non-hotkey

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