alt
/awlt/ 1. The alt ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=modifier key">modifier key on many ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=keyboards">keyboards, including the ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=IBM PC">IBM PC. On some keyboards and ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=operating systems">operating systems, (but not the IBM PC) the alt key sets bit 7 of the character generated. See ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=bucky bits">bucky bits. 2. The "ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=clover">clover" or "Command" key on a ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=Macintosh">Macintosh use of this term usually reveals that the speaker hacked PCs before coming to the Mac (see also ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=feature key">feature key). Some Mac hackers, confusingly, reserve "alt" for the Option key (and it is so labelled on some Mac II keyboards). 3. (Obsolete ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=PDP-10">PDP-10 often "ALT") An alternate name for the ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=ASCII">ASCII ESC character (Escape, ASCII 27), after the keycap labelling on some older ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=terminals">terminals also "altmode" (/awlt' mohd/). This character was almost never pronounced "escape" on an ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=ITS">ITS system, in ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=TECO">TECO or under ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=TOPS-10">TOPS-10, always alt, as in "Type alt alt to end a TECO command" or "alt-U onto the system" (for "log onto the [ITS] system"). This usage probably arose because alt is easier to say. 4. One of the ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=Usenet">Usenet ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=newsgroup">newsgroup ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=hierarchies">hierarchies. It was founded by ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=John Gilmore">John Gilmore and ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=Brian Reid">Brian Reid. The alt hierarchy is special in that anyone can create new groups here without going though the normal voting proceduers, hence the regular appearence of new groups with names such as "alt.swedish.chef.bork.bork.bork". [ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=Jargon File">Jargon File] (1997-04-12) In addition suitable contents:
[ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=31">2 ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=134">= ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=325">chef ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=383">af ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=396">ag ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=432">AL ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=433">al ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=537">altmode ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=544">am ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=592">an ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=683">app ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=740">ar ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=743">arc ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=746">archie ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=759">arg ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=799">AS ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=800">as ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=810">ASCII ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=894">at ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=935">au ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=1006">aw ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=1025">B ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=1026">b ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=1034">ba ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=1181">be ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=1207">bell ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=1269">bi ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=1334">bit ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=1444">bo ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=1446">boa ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=1447">board ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=1570">Brian Reid ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=1606">bs ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=1639">bucky bits ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=1695">by ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=1708">C ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=1724">ca ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=2001">ch ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=2018">char ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=2019">character ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=2099">ci ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=2136">ck ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=2138">cl ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=2247">co ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=2330">com ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=2341">Comma ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=2342">comma ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=2343">command ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=2545">con ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=2791">cr ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=2976">D ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=3151">de ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=3436">ding ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=3657">DP ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=3752">du ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=3834">E ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=3865">ec ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=3896">ed ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=3923">edu ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=3929">ee ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=3946">eg ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=4148">er ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=4150">era ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=4171">es ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=4174">ESC ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=4176">escape ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=4199">et ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=4452">feature ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=4456">feature key ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=4497">fi ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=4520">file ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=4700">fo ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=4727">for ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=4983">G ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=5057">ge ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=5070">gen ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=5089">generate ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=5134">gh ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=5141">gi ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=5171">gl ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=5291">gr ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=5377">group ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=5403">gu ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=5434">h ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=5438">hack ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=5443">hacker ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=5540">hat ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=5629">hierarchy ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=5681">hn ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=5768">hr ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=5868">IBM ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=5931">id ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=5956">ie ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6013">il ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6064">in ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6068">inc ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6194">int ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6413">io ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6482">is ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6557">IT ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6558">it ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6568">ITS ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6589">J ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6620">Jargon File ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6691">John Gilmore ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6789">ke ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6802">key ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6803">keyboard ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6906">ky ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6918">la ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=7023">ld ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=7091">Lex ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=7107">li ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=7372">love ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=7399">ls ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=7410">lt ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=7415">lu ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=7441">ly ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=7457">M ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=7463">ma ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=7465">Mac ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=7486">Mac II ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=7582">man ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8019">mm ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8032">mo ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8040">mod ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8046">mode ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8060">modifier ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8079">module ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8228">ms ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8386">na ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8460">nc ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8472">ne ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8488">net ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8599">news ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8602">newsgroup ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8622">nf ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8627">ng ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8675">no ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8718">norm ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8820">O ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8964">om ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8997">onto ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=9014">op ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=9061">operating system ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=9075">OPS ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=9390">PC ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=9430">PD ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=9445">PDP ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=9446">PDP-10 ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=9457">pe ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=9550">ph ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=9908">pr ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=10076">pron ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=10115">PS ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=10144">pt ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=10253">query ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=10364">rc ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=10385">re ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=10767">ro ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=10918">S ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=10922">sa ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=10999">say ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=11009">SC ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=11010">sc ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=11059">SCI ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=11150">se ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=11259">serve ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=11281">set ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=11307">sg ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=11314">sh ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=11376">si ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=11651">so ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=11787">speaker ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=11790">spec ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=11934">st ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=12133">su ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=12246">sy ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=12312">system ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=12359">T ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=12478">TECO ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=12533">terminal ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=12588">th ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=12708">tm ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=12721">to ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=12744">TOP ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=12753">TOPS-10 ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=12886">TS ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=12986">ua ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=13008">ug ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=13146">up ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=13175">us ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=13184">Usenet ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=13310">ve ] [ ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=13877">ws ]
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