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short-cut

  [shawrt-kuht] verb, -cut, -cut⋅ting.
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–verb (used with object)
1. to cause to be shortened by the use of a shortcut.
–verb (used without object)
2. to use or take a shortcut.
Origin:
1560–70

Related forms:
short-cutter, noun

short⋅cut

  [shawrt-kuht]
–noun
1. a shorter or quicker way.
2. a method, procedure, policy, etc., that reduces the time or energy needed to accomplish something.
–adjective
3. constituting or providing a shorter or quicker way: shortcut methods.
Origin:
1560–70; short + cut
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short·cut   (shôrt'kŭt')   
n.  

  1. A more direct route than the customary one.

  2. A means of saving time or effort.


[From cut, direct route.]
short'cut' v.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Computing Dictionary

shortcut file system
Microsoft Corporation's term for a symbolic link, stored as a file with extension ".lnk". Shortcuts first appeared in 1996 in the Windows 95 operating system. Windows shortcuts can link to any file or directory ("folder"), including those on remote computers, using UNC paths. Each shortcut can also have its own icon. A shortcut that links to an executable file can pass arguments and specify the directory in which the command should run. Unlike a Unix symbolic link, a shortcut does not always behave exactly like the target file or directory.
Compare pif.
(2001-12-18)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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