Usually means: Key to exit or cancel.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. ESC, esc: Merriam-Webster
  2. ESC: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Esc, esc: Wordnik
  4. Esc, esc: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. ESC, Esc: Wiktionary
  6. Esc: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. Esc, esc: Dictionary.com
  8. ESC, Esc: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. ESC: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ESC: bizterms.net

Computing (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. ESC: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. ESC: CCI Computer
  3. BABEL: Computer Oriented Abbreviations and Acronyms (No longer online)
  4. Webopedia (No longer online)
  5. Esc: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. ESC: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Esc: Urban Dictionary

Tech (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. ESC: Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary
  2. ESC: GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, CARTOGRAPHY, AND REMOTE SENSING
  3. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  4. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms: Joint Acronyms and Abbreviations (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (ESC)

▸ noun:  Abbreviation of escape key. (on a computer keyboard) [(computing) A key on a computer keyboard that can be used to cancel an operation.]
▸ noun:  (automotive) Initialism of electronic stability control. [(automotive) An electronic system that assists in the control of car stability.]
▸ noun:  (biology) Initialism of embryonic stem cell.
▸ noun:  (electronics) Initialism of electronic speed controller.
▸ noun:  (software) Initialism of extended static checking. [(software) A range of techniques used for statically checking the correctness of some program constraints.]
▸ noun:  (music) Initialism of Eurovision Song Contest.

Similar:
Ctrl, backspace, cmd, backslash, Radiohead, Philips, moc, chk, cdrom, Yamaha, more...

Opposite:
sec, security, safeguard

Types:
all wheel drive, four wheel drive, front wheel drive, rear wheel drive, more...

Phrases:
Esc key, esc p, ESC Rennes School of Business, ESC Clermont Business School, alt or esc, more...

Adjectives:
ctrl, alt, option, shift, human, first, acceptable, second, select, european, hit

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Similar:
Ctrl, backspace, cmd, backslash, Radiohead, Philips, moc, chk, cdrom, Yamaha, more...

Opposite:
sec, security, safeguard

Types:
all wheel drive, four wheel drive, front wheel drive, rear wheel drive, more...

Phrases:
Esc key, esc p, ESC Rennes School of Business, ESC Clermont Business School, alt or esc, more...

Adjectives:
ctrl, alt, option, shift, human, first, acceptable, second, select, european, hit



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