ALL meanings of alt
alt
A a - adjective alt (esp of vocal music) high in pitch 3
- adjective alt of or relating to the octave commencing with the G above the top line of the treble staff 3
- adjective alt high in pitch 3
- noun alt the first octave above the treble staff 3
- noun alt a tone in this octave 3
- abbreviation ALT alteration 3
- abbreviation ALT alternate 3
- abbreviation ALT alternative 3
- abbreviation ALT alternator 3
- abbreviation ALT altitude 3
- abbreviation ALT alto 3
- adjective alt high. 1
- noun alt either of two keys on a PC keyboard that is held down while pressing another key, as to perform a specific operation or type a special character. 1
- noun Definition of alt in Technology (character) /awlt/ 1. The alt modifier key on many keyboards, including the IBM PC. On some keyboards and operating systems, (but not the IBM PC) the alt key sets bit 7 of the character generated. See bucky bits. 2. The "clover" or "Command" key on a Macintosh; use of this term usually reveals that the speaker hacked PCs before coming to the Mac (see also feature key). Some Mac hackers, confusingly, reserve "alt" for the Option key (and it is so labelled on some Mac II keyboards). 3. (Obsolete PDP-10; often "ALT") An alternate name for the ASCII ESC character (Escape, ASCII 27), after the keycap labelling on some older terminals; also "altmode" (/awlt'mohd/). This character was almost never pronounced "escape" on an ITS system, in TECO or under TOPS-10, always alt, as in "Type alt alt to end a TECO command" or "alt-U onto the system" (for "log onto the [ITS] system"). This usage probably arose because alt is easier to say. 4. (messaging) One of the Usenet newsgroup hierarchies. It was founded by John Gilmore and Brian Reid. The alt hierarchy is special in that anyone can create new groups here without going though the normal voting proceduers, hence the regular appearence of new groups with names such as "alt.swedish.chef.bork.bork.bork". 1
- abbreviation ALT Alternate. 1
- noun alt (Internet, multi-user dungeon) One of a player's alternate or secondary characters. 0
- abbreviation ALT Abbreviation of alternative. 0
- abbreviation ALT Abbreviation of altitude. 0
- abbreviation ALT A state of excitement, conveyed by a high-pitched voice. 0
- abbreviation ALT (knitting) Abbreviation of alternate. 0
- abbreviation ALT (music) Abbreviation of alto. 0