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Meaning of three-finger salute | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Control-Alt-Delete, a keypress used to reset or interrupt the computer.

humorous

Examples

“THE THREE-FINGER SALUTE … to suddenly find⟳ that your keyboard is frozen or to watching the screen fill⟳ up with garbage. You may not even be aware of the two different types of crashes, the soft crash⟳ (recoverable by the three-finger salute, Ctrl-Alt-Del) or the hard crash⟳ (big red switch⟳ and count⟳ to 5 slowly).”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

three-four time three-fourths three-halfpenny three-high three-hole punch three-hundredth

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