a path or route that is quicker and shorter than the usual way
Synonyms and related words
Types of road or path
a one-way/two-way street
approach
A-road
2
a way of saving time or effort in doing something, often a method that produces a result that is not good enough
take a short cut:
Sometimes in our haste we take shortcuts that we laterregret.
Synonyms and related words
Systems and methods for doing things
modality
method
system
3
computinga computer icon or a combination of keys on the keyboard such as ‘Alt + C’ that helps you to do something on the computer more quickly, for example go to a particular program or copy information