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short-cut 
[shawrt-kuht] Pronunciation Key verb, -cut, -cut·ting.
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[shawrt-kuht] Pronunciation Key verb, -cut, -cut·ting. –verb (used with object)
–verb (used without object)
| 1. | to cause to be shortened by the use of a shortcut. |
| 2. | to use or take a shortcut. |
[Origin: 1560–70]
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short-cutter, noun
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short·cut
[shawrt-kuht] Pronunciation Key
[shawrt-kuht] Pronunciation Key –noun
–adjective
| 1. | a shorter or quicker way. |
| 2. | a method, procedure, policy, etc., that reduces the time or energy needed to accomplish something. |
| 3. | constituting or providing a shorter or quicker way: shortcut methods. |
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| short·cut
(shôrt'kŭt') Pronunciation Key
n.
[From cut, direct route.] short'cut' v. |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Free On-line Dictionary of Computing - Cite This Source - Share This
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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