Etymology

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Today it means: A keyboard key that can be pressed simultaneously with other keys to result in additional characters such as accented letters and currency symbols. Full definition →

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Abbreviation of alternate graphic, as originally used to produce box-drawing graphic characters.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.