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hot-key, v. Computing.
Brit. |ˈhɒtˌkiː|, U.S. |ˈhɑtˈki|
[‹ hot key n.]
1. intr. To use a hot key to switch between environments or applications or to operate a short-cut function.
1985Business Wire (Nexis) 18 June When a user ‘hot keys’ from PC mode to System/36 mode, the PC job is temporarily suspended until the user ‘hot keys’ back to PC mode. 1991UnixWorld Dec. 122/2 GainTec's PCX X terminal emulation card lets you simultaneously run and hot-key between X terminal and DOS applications on your PC. 2001Time 17 Sept. 44/3 Zoe prefers a King Tut theme. When I'm allowed on the machine, I hit Windows-L and instantly hot-key into my own account.
2. trans. To link (an application, environment, etc.) to a hot key; to access (an application, environment, etc.) using a hot key.
1988DG Rev. (Nexis) Oct. 33 In addition, users can have two CPUs hot-keyed off one terminal on the D412/462/462E models. 1991Computing 10 Jan. 21/1 Inset is a memory resident facility that is optionally loaded before starting Wordstar and which can be hot-keyed at any stage while editing. 2000Computer Gaming World (Nexis) 1 Feb. 148 You can hotkey up to four spells, and given the amount of time it takes to scroll through all of them, those that you have hot-keyed will likely be the only spells you'll use in combat.
Derivatives. hot-keying n.
1985PC Mag. 20 Aug. 38/2 It's not as fast as TopView's *hot-keying from one session to another, but it's tolerable. 2003N. J. Muller LANs to WANs vii. 179 Hot-keying lets administrative personnel answer and transfer calls and still complete computer-based tasks over the local network. |