FUNCTION KEY

Specialty Definition: FUNCTION KEY

Domain	Definition
Computing	Function key (From the IBM 3270 terminal's Programmed Function Keys (PF keys)) One of a set of special keys on a computer or terminal keyboard which can be programmed so as to cause an application program to perform certain actions. Function keys on a terminal may either generate short fixed sequences of characters, often beginning with the escape character (ASCII 27), or the characters they generate may be configured by sending special character sequences to the the terminal. On a microcomputer keyboard, the function keys may generate a fixed, single byte code, outside the normal ASCII range, which is translated into some other configurable sequence by the keyboard device driver or interpreted directly by the application program. (1995-02-07). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.
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Specialty Definition: Function key

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

A function key is a key on a computer or terminal keyboard which can be programmed so as to cause an application program to perform certain actions.

Function keys on a terminal may either generate short fixed sequences of characters, often beginning with the escape character (ASCII 27), or the characters they generate may be configured by sending special character sequences to the terminal.

On a standard computer keyboard, the function keys may generate a fixed, single byte code, outside the normal ASCII range, which is translated into some other configurable sequence by the keyboard device driver or interpreted directly by the application program.

On most IBM PC keyboards, the function keys are F1 to F12 in the superior row. PC/XT and AT keyboards only have function keys F1 through F8.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Function key."

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Crosswords: FUNCTION KEY

Specialty definitions using "FUNCTION KEY": hot key ♦ tn3270. (references)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: FUNCTION KEY

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
my function key	54
keyboard function key	15
function key telnet	6
function key program	6
function key programming	5
function key use	3
function key microsoft use	2
computer function key keyboard	2
function key window	2
board function key	2
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Modern Translation: FUNCTION KEY

Language		Translations for "FUNCTION KEY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
German		funktionstaste. (various references)

Greek		πλήκτρο λειτουργίασ. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		ファロー鹿 (fallow deer, fan, fan club, fancy, fancy ball, fancy dress, fancy food, fancy goods, fancy store, fanfare, fan-jet, fan-out, fantastic, fantasy, feasibility study, feature, feed, feedback, feeder, feeding, feet, foot, foundation, fumble, fun, fun fair, function, functor, fund, fund manager, fund trust, fundamental, fundamentals, funk, funky, phantom), 機能キー . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ファンクションキー , きのうキー. (various references)

Pig Latin		unctionfay eykay

Portuguese		tecla de função. (various references)

Spanish		tecla de función. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: FUNCTION KEY

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-e-f-i-k-n-n-o-t-u-y"
	-3 letters: continue, cytokine, function, nektonic.
	-4 letters: confine, confute, kenotic, ketonic, unction.
	-5 letters: confit, conine, county, incony, infect, intone, nekton, nicety, ninety, nocent, noetic, notice, notify, nuncio, unkent, unknit, unknot, unyoke.
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