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  2. Push-to-pass - Wikipedia

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    Push-to-pass is a mechanism on a race car which provides the driver with the ability to increase the car's power for short periods, usually via a button on the steering wheel. The system is designed to make overtaking easier, and hence make the sport more exciting to watch.

  3. Mode (user interface) - Wikipedia

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    In his book The Humane Interface, Jef Raskin defines modality as follows: "An human-machine interface is modal with respect to a given gesture when (1) the current state of the interface is not the user's locus of attention and (2) the interface will execute one among several different responses to the gesture, depending on the system's current state."

  4. List of computing and IT abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    HCI—Human—Computer Interaction; HD—High Density; HDD—Hard Disk Drive; HCL—Hardware Compatibility List; HD DVD—High Definition DVD; HDL—Hardware Description Language; HDMI—High-Definition Multimedia Interface; HECI—Host Embedded Controller Interface; HF—High Frequency; HFS—Hierarchical File System; HHD—Hybrid Hard Drive

  5. Keyboard shortcut - Wikipedia

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    In computing, a keyboard shortcut (also hotkey/hot key or key binding) [1] is a software-based assignment of an action to one or more keys on a computer keyboard. Most operating systems and applications come with a default set of keyboard shortcuts , some of which may be modified by the user in the settings .

  6. Modal window - Wikipedia

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    Modal windows are commonly implemented in ways that block the possibility to move, minimize, iconify, or push that window back, and they grab input focus, which often prevents use of a system's cut, copy, and paste facilities. This can interfere with the use of their parent applications by blocking access to other windows and data within the ...

  7. Serial Peripheral Interface - Wikipedia

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    Another commonly used notation represents the mode as a (CPOL, CPHA) tuple; e.g., the value '(0, 1)' would indicate CPOL=0 and CPHA=1. In Full Duplex operation, the master device could transmit and receive with different modes. For instance, it could transmit in Mode 0 and be receiving in Mode 1 at the same time.

  8. Function key - Wikipedia

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    Mac: The classic Mac OS supported system extensions known generally as FKEYS which could be installed in the System file and could be accessed with a Command-Shift-(number) keystroke combination (Command-Shift-3 was the screen capture function included with the system, and was installed as an FKEY); however, early Macintosh keyboards did not support numbered function keys in the normal sense.

  9. Button (computing) - Wikipedia

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    In computing, a button (sometimes known as a command button or push button) is a graphical control element that provides the user a simple way to trigger an event, like searching for a query at a search engine, or to interact with dialog boxes, like confirming an action.