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Ctrl




also seen as CTRL -or- Control

This refers to the Control key on your keyboard, it is often used for shortcuts. For example, in Microsoft Word, instead of pointing your mouse to the File menu and clicking on it to see a drop-down menu and then clicking again on Save, you can simply press down Ctrl and S at the same time on your keyboard to save.

See also : cut-and-paste  

NetLingo Classification: Technical Terms

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