Ctrl-Alt-Delete

English

Alternative forms

  • Ctrl-Alt-Del
  • Ctrl+Alt+Del
  • Control-Alt-Delete
  • Control+Alt+Delete
  • ctrl-alt-delete

Etymology

Key combination of Ctrl, Alt and Delete. In many computer systems, this interrupts or shuts down the system or some part of it or opens up a shut-down menu.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Ctrl-Alt-Delete (uncountable)

  1. (computing) The simultaneous key combination of Ctrl, Alt, and Delete.
    Press Ctrl-Alt-Delete to reboot.

Interjection

Ctrl-Alt-Delete

  1. (science fiction, sometimes humorous) Said by a sentient machine to express the desire to kill or destroy something or someone.

Verb

Ctrl-Alt-Delete (third-person singular simple present Ctrl-Alt-Deletes, present participle Ctrl-Alt-Deleting, simple past and past participle Ctrl-Alt-Deleted)

  1. (computing, literal, transitive, intransitive) To press Ctrl, Alt, and Delete simultaneously to restart.
  2. (figurative, transitive, intransitive) To reset.
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