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Meaning of "shift key" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SHIFT KEY

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SHIFT KEY

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Shift key is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SHIFT KEY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Shift key

The shift key is a modifier key on a keyboard, used to type capital letters and other alternate "upper" characters. There are typically two shift keys, on the left and right sides of the row below the home row. The shift key's name originated from the typewriter, where one had to press and hold the button to shift up the case stamp to change to capital letters; the shift key was first used in the Remington No. 2 Type-Writer of 1878; the No. 1 model was capital-only. On the US layout and similar keyboard layouts, characters that typically require the use of the shift key include the parentheses, the question mark, the exclamation point, and the colon. When the caps lock key is engaged, the shift key can be used to type lowercase letters on many operating systems, but not Mac OS X.

Definition of shift key in the English dictionary

The definition of shift key in the dictionary is a key on a typewriter or computer keyboard used to type capital letters and certain numbers and symbols.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SHIFT KEY

shift
shift lock
shift register
shift worker
shiftable
shifter
shiftier
shiftiest
shiftily
shiftiness
shifting
shifting cultivation
shifting sands
shifting spanner
shiftless
shiftlessly
shiftlessness
shiftstick
shiftwork
shifty

WORDS THAT END LIKE SHIFT KEY

Allen key
command key
control key
dichotomous key
escape key
function key
hash key
hot key
ignition key
major key
master key
minor key
nut key
off key
on key
return key
skeleton key
tab key
USB key
Woodruff key

Synonyms and antonyms of shift key in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «shift key» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SHIFT KEY

Find out the translation of shift key to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of shift key from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «shift key» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

shift键
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tecla de mayúsculas
570 millions of speakers

English

shift key
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

शिफ्ट कुंजी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مفتاح التحول
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

смена ключа
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tecla shift
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কিম্পিউটার কি বোর্ডের শিফট কি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

touche Maj
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kunci syif
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Shift-Taste
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

シフトキー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

Shift 키
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tombol shift
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thay đổi quan trọng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மாற்ற விசை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शिफ्ट की
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Shift tuşu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tasto shift
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

klawisz Shift
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

зміна ключа
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tasta Shift
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πλήκτρο Shift
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

shift sleutel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

shift-tangenten
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

shift-tasten
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SHIFT KEY»

The term «shift key» is regularly used and occupies the 55.897 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about shift key

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHIFT KEY»

Discover the use of shift key in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to shift key and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
InfoWorld
As I mentioned last week, the Shift key holds many functions that are undocumented in the Windows user manual. One hidden feature of the Shift key is its use in the Windows File Manager. A little background: The File Manager in Windows ...
2
The Shift Key
When the sleepy town of Weyharrow is enveloped by a mysterious fog, the inhabitants find themselves behaving in strange and dangerous ways.
John Brunner, 2011
3
iPad for the Older and Wiser: Get Up and Running with Apple ...
You can hold down the Shift key while you tap a letter key to type a capital letter as you would on a normal keyboard, but it might feel a bit awkward. Instead, you can tap a Shift key and then tap a letter. When the Shift key has been activated, ...
Sean McManus, 2012
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PC Mag
This program displays a l for any key you're holding down—or that it thinks you're holding down. What's that? Does that mean you can fool the keyboard interrupt subroutine into thinking you have the right-hand shift key pressed when your ...
5
Archy and Mehitabel
The now classic tale of Archy the cockroach and Mehitabel the cat in her ninth life. First published in 1927, this free verse poem has become an essential part of American literature.
Don Marquis, 2012
6
BlackBerry For Dummies
Press and hold the Shift key and scroll the trackpad vertically. Copy selected text. Press and hold the Shift key and press the trackpad. Cut selected text. Press and hold the Shift key and press the Delete key. Paste text. Press and hold the Shift ...
Robert Kao, Dante Sarigumba, 2011
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Modern Communications Jamming: Principles and Techniques
List. of. Acronyms. MPSK multiple phase shift key msec millisecond (10–3 second ) MSK 857. AJ antijam AM amplitude modulation AR autorregressive ARQ automatic repeat request ASK amplitude shift key AWGN additive white Gaussian  ...
Richard Poisel, 2011
8
Excel 2007 VBA Programmer's Reference
When opening a workbook in Excel, you can hold down the Shift key to prevent any macros from running. To accurately simulate that functionality, a test should be made to see if the Shift key is held down when the menu button is clicked, and  ...
John Green, Stephen Bullen, Rob Bovey, 2011
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Typing: Two-in-One - Keyboarding and Document Processing
When practising these keys, make sure you know whether or not you have to use the shift key, decide on the correct finger, and then practise the reach from the home key; then type the drills given. New key hyphen New key m \ question mark  ...
Archie Drummond, Anne Coles-Mogford, 1996
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3ds Max 2012 Bible
hold down the Shift key and drag over these new vertices to create a polygon. The Ctrl key lets you remove polygons, and the Alt key lets you remove vertices. With these controls, you can quickly remove and rebuild polygons to create new ...
Kelly L. Murdock, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHIFT KEY»

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Move Multiple Tabs In Chrome by Selecting Them with the Shift Key
If you have a bunch of tabs open in Chrome, you might want to select a group to move around at once. The Next Web Points out you can do this by simply ... «Lifehacker, Jun 15»
2
Apple Inc. To Reveal Redesigned Shift Key With iOS 9 At WWDC 2015
Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ:AAPL) upcoming iOS 9 operating system update will allow iPhone users to customize a new design and shading pattern for the shift key ... «Bidness ETC, Jun 15»
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Apple is reportedly going to fix the shift key on your iPhone so it's not …
If you own an iPhone, you might have noticed that it can be tricky to figure out when the shift key is activated and when it's not. Thankfully, Apple is planning to ... «Business Insider, Jun 15»
4
Commitment, cultural shift key to Build Dakota vision
Katie Timm could have gone off to college with her transcript of As and Bs in high school and made all the aunts and uncles happy. But the 17-year-old Wood ... «Sioux Falls Argus Leader, Jun 15»
5
iOS 9 to reportedly support Force Touch, fix shift key and open up …
A new report by 9to5Mac claims that Apple plans to support force touch in iOS 9 for future addition to the iPhone 6s, along with a number of other enhancements ... «The Next Web, May 15»
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Apple is finally going to fix the maddeningly ambiguous shift key on …
According to 9to5Mac, iOS9—the next iteration of Apple's mobile operating system—will feature a redesigned shift key. Details on exactly how it will change are ... «Quartz, May 15»
7
Ramos tactical shift key to Real victory, says Casillas
Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti's decision to deploy defender Sergio Ramos in central midfield was the key to Wednesday's 1-0 Champions League victory ... «Times LIVE, Apr 15»
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6 Helpful Functions of the Shift Key When Working in Photoshop
I was working on a commissioned artwork in Photoshop today and I noticed something. I keep my left hand over the shift key pretty much the entire time I am ... «PetaPixel, Mar 15»
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iPhoto: Comparing Photo Edits with the Shift Key
If you've gone in and made modifications to an image—you've enhanced it, bumped up the contrast, or what have you—holding down the Shift key in edit mode ... «The Mac Observer, Dec 14»
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Firefox extension modifies click behavior of Ctrl, Alt, Shift keys
If you use the Ctrl, Alt, or Shift key when clicking links to open them in a new tab or window, then I suggest you try the Click Modifiers extension for Firefox. «CNET, May 14»

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