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Amerifax (Amerifax) October 16, 2023, 9:25pm 1

What is a “Super key”.
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skeller (Sebastian Keller) October 16, 2023, 10:05pm 2

en.wikipedia.org

Super key (keyboard button)

Super key (❖) is an alternative and older name for what is commonly labelled as the Windows key or Command key on modern keyboards, typically bound and handled as such by Linux and BSD operating systems and software today. The Super key was originally a modifier key on a keyboard designed for Lisp machines at MIT. The "space-cadet" keyboard, designed in 1978 at MIT for the Lisp machine, introduced two new modifier keys, "Super" and "Hyper", compared to the earlier Knight keyboard also used wi...

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