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escape

noun [U] (COMPUTER)
 
 
/ɪˈskeɪp/ (also escape key, written abbreviation Esc) specialized

Definition

the key on a computer keyboard that allows you to leave a particular screen and return to the previous one or to interrupt a process: Press Esc to return to the main menu.Operating computers
(Definition of escape noun (COMPUTER) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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