alt key

Etymology
First use appears c. 1964 on the computer keyboard of the PDP-6 TECO.

Noun



 * 1)  A key on a personal computer or terminal keyboard used in combination to alter the function of other keys.

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 轉換鍵
 * Dutch: alt-toets
 * Esperanto: alt-klavo
 * Finnish: Alt-näppäin, vaihtoehtonäppäin
 * French: touche Alt
 * German: Alt-Taste
 * Greek: πλήκτρο Alt
 * Hebrew: אלט
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese: オルトキー, オルト
 * Korean:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: tecla Alt
 * Romanian: tastă Alt
 * Russian:, кла́виша альт
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese: phím Alt