function key

Etymology
First use appears c. 1930 in the listing of U.S. Patents.

Noun

 * 1)  Any of a set of keys on a personal computer or terminal keyboard used to activate a predefined or programmable function, especially a numbered row of keys (F1, F2, etc.) above the alphanumeric keys.

Translations

 * Danish: funktionstast
 * Faroese: funkuknappur
 * Finnish: funktionäppäin, toimintonäppäin
 * Icelandic: aðgerðarhnappur
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: funksjonstast
 * Nynorsk: funksjonstast
 * Polish: klawisz funkcyjny
 * Portuguese: tecla de função
 * Swedish: funktionstangent