Print Screen

noun

A keyboard key; typically, the same key shares the functions of Print Screen and System Request (SysRq). Print Screen prints the screen in some command line systems such as MS-DOS and makes a screenshot in some graphical interface systems such as Windows.

“Send me a Print Screen with the error message.”

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Meanings

nounPrint Screen (plural Print Screens)

plural Print Screens · alternative Prt Sc · alternative Prt Scr · alternative Prt Scn · alternative Prt Scrn · alternative Prtn Scr · alternative Print Scrn

  1. A keyboard key; typically, the same key shares the functions of Print Screen and System Request (SysRq). Print Screen prints the screen in some command line systems such as MS-DOS and makes a screenshot in some graphical interface systems such as Windows.
  2. A screenshot.

    Send me a Print Screen with the error message.

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