alt

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abbreviation for alternative: used to form nouns or adjectives to refer to things that are not usual or typical examples of their kind, and that often have an enthusiastic group of people who support them:

He listens to a hip mix of alt-rock.

a key on a computer keyboard that usually has "Alt" printed on it and that you press at the same time as another key to produce a particular result:

Press Alt and F1 to move the cursor to the next field.

Simultaneously press the Alt and Return keys.

It may be something really simple like just the fact that your Alt key is stuck.

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Press Control, Alt, Delete to get a list of active programs.