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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A contraction of cental.
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Examples
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Yesterday I added a little featurette to Wordie: a keyboard shortcut (ctl-b) that automatically launches a work-appropriate site.
Archive 2007-10-01 2007
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Some, but not all, manual pages are available with the “man” command: in a terminal type man ls man man etc; type q to quit. man man will give more man page navigation tips (g, G, j, k, ctl-f, ctl-b).
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Now you can hit 'ctl-b', and the page will automatically change to one of the 10 urls in the bossButton function.
Archive 2007-10-01 2007
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Wunz yoo know, eneway – taht the key that says “command” iz teh ctl key!
Too Noo Newz Fuh U - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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I notice that if i manually refresh the page in IE ctl + F5, all the posts show correctly again.
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As with the drafts of “Pandas and People”, the perpetrators of this deletion seem to have been rather careless about how they used the ctl-X and ctl-C/ctl-V commands.
Dept. of Education SMART grants: Evolutionary biologists need not apply - The Panda's Thumb 2006
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I hit, say, b-quote, then the space bar then ctl. v then the space bar and then close b-quote.
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The answer is, "because it's just as easy to right-click or ctl-click, if you're a machead to open links in new windows, most browswers can be set to open links in background tabs or windows anyway, and I'm too lazy to type it into every link."
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For example, the following tftpaccess. ctl file is all that is necessary to support IBM X terminals:
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Although the new/etc/tftpaccess. ctl mechanism provides a very general capability, the CERT/CC strongly recommends that sites keep this control file simple.
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