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control key

control key noun: a key on a personal computer or terminal keyboard used in combination to modify the function of other keys.

control key: a key on a personal computer or terminal keyboard used in combination to modify the function of...
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Noun

control key (plural control keys)

  1. A key on a personal computer or terminal keyboard used in combination to modify the function of other keys.
    Synonyms:
    Ctrl

control key meaning in Tamil

control key in Tamil

கட்டுப்பாட்டுச் சாவி

Synonyms of control key

Forms of control key

pluralcontrol keys

Origin of control key

First use appears c. 1978 in the publication Practical Computing.

Questions about control key

What does control key mean?
Control key means a key on a personal computer or terminal keyboard used in combination to modify the function of other keys.
What is control key in Tamil?
Control key in Tamil is கட்டுப்பாட்டுச் சாவி. See Control key meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is control key?
Control key is a noun.
What is the plural of control key?
The plural of control key is control keys.

Words near control key in the dictionary

  1. control grids
  2. control group
  3. control groups
  4. control joint
  5. control joints
  6. control key
  7. control keys
  8. control mechanism
  9. control mechanisms
  10. control number
  11. control numbers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: control key (page history and authors); control key (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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