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hot key
Last modified: Sunday, September 01, 1996
A
user
-defined
key
sequence that
executes
a
command
or causes the
operating system
to switch to another
program
. In
DOS
systems
, for example, you can use hot keys to
open
memory-resident
programs (
TSRs
). In
Windows
environments
, you can often press a hot key to execute common commands. For example,
Ctrl
+
C
usually
copies
the
selected
objects
.
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