hotkey

noun, verb — 2 senses

hotkey

noun

/ˈhɒtkiː/

Etymology From hot + key.

1

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A keyboard shortcut.

hotkey

verb

Etymology From hot + key.

1

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences To navigate by means of a keyboard shortcut.

  • All of the sales talk about hotkeying between 3270 sessions and DOS applications sounds great until you try to squeeze the DOS applications into the PC while it's emulating a terminal.1988, PC Mag, volume 7, number 21, page 183:

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