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On computer keyboards, the Esc keyEsc (named Escape key in the international standard series ISO/IEC 9995) is a key used to generate the escape character (which can be represented as ASCII code 27 in decimal, Unicode U+001B, or Ctrl+[). The escape character, when sent from the keyboard to a computer, often is interpreted by software as "stop", "cancel" or "exit", and when sent from the computer to an external device (including many printers since the 1980s, computer terminals and Linux consoles, for example) marks the beginning of an escape sequence to specify operating modes or characteristics generally.
It is now generally placed at the top left corner of the keyboard, a convention dating at least to the original IBM PC keyboard, though the key itself originated decades earlier with teletypewriters.
On computer keyboards, the EsckeyEsc (named Escape key in the international standard series ISO/IEC 9995) is a key used to generate the escape character...
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shortcuts usually involve pressing and releasing a dedicated prefix key, such as the Esckey, followed by one or more keystrokes. Mnemonics are distinguishable...
boss button was the ESCkey, positioned in the upper left corner of the keyboard, as contrasted to the use of two keys, the CTRL key plus the letter "B"...
Keyboard in 1994. This key became a standard key on PC keyboards. In Windows, pressing the key brings up the start menu. Ctrl+Esc performs the same function...
the Esckey as a prefix (e.g., in Emacs). Because of these workarounds, the need for Meta – despite being the most-used additional modifier key – was...
two Alt keys, an AltGr key or Option key, a backspace or delete key, a control key or command key, a compose key, an Esckey, and OS-specific keys like the...
assigned to the Esckey on a computer keyboard, and can be sent in other ways than as part of an escape sequence. For example, the Esckey may be used as...
introduced July 1974, also had an Esckey. The TECO text editor (ca 1963) and its descendant Emacs (ca 1985) use the Esckey extensively. Historically it also...
and left arrow keys to move the cursor would add/remove characters the cursor passed over to/from the input buffer. Pressing the Esckey entered a mode...
Control-Alt-Delete. Alt+⌘ Cmd+Esc (often referred to as ⌘ Cmd+⌥ Opt+Esc.) brings up the Force Quit window in Apple's macOS, see Option key. Ctrl+Alt+← Backspace...
often contain extra functionality, such as volume control, the Esc. key, the F1–F12 keys and lighting color options. The two primary, and most commonly...
dedicated Esckey, instead of using one of the keys above the main keypad. In user interfaces of the 1970s–1980s it was not uncommon to use this key as an...
can also be entered by pressing the Esckey on some systems. ^^ means Ctrl+^ (pressing the "Ctrl" and caret keys). The Delete character can sometimes...
revision also modified the Touch Bar, as users were complaining about the ESCkey disappearing and not being able to exit a computer window. Therefore, it...
without the meta key it is often mapped to the escape key, Esc, such that in order to simulate, say, Meta+S one has to press the Esckey, then release it...
layouts and added keys such as escape Esc which had special meanings to computers. Later keyboards added function keys and arrow keys. Since the standardization...
is usually mapped to ESC[3~ which is the VT220 escape code for the "delete character" key.[clarification needed] The delete key, on many modern motherboards...
The Fn key, short form for function, is a modifier key on many keyboards, especially on laptops, used in a compact layout to combine keys which are normally...
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laptops. Ctrl+Fn+S on some other[clarification needed] Dell laptops. Fn+Esc on Samsung.[clarification needed] Ctrl+Fn+⇧ Shift on certain[clarification...
keyboard by first pressing the ° or ⇧ Shift+° (for ¨) dead key located below the Esckey, and then the corresponding letter (i.e. ° followed by A yields...
The tab key Tab ↹ (abbreviation of tabulator key or tabular key) on a keyboard is used to advance the cursor to the next tab stop. The word tab derives...
In computing, the menu key or application key (≣ Menu) is a key previously found on Microsoft Windows-oriented computer keyboards. It was introduced at...
Das ESC-Finale 2024 wird maximal um 5 Minuten gekürzt" [Edward af Sillén: The 2024 ESC final will be shortened by a maximum of five minutes]. ESC kompakt...
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