Definition of three-finger salute
three-finger salute 
noun
- the pressing of the "Alt" key + the "Ctrl" key + the "Del" key to reboot or unfreeze a PC computer.
Citation from "Operating in a New Environment", PC Magazine, Charles Petzold, February 25 1986 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
Last edited on Jun 14 2010. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
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- Scouting organizations such as the Girl Scouts also use a "three-finger salute", though it's obviously much different.
Last edited on Jun 19 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jun 19 2010.
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Other terms relating to 'computer slang': | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "way to go". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "you're welcome". | |
| Definitions include: a "mode" of human operating in which a collection of similar, unpleasant tasks are performed in one sitting. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "rolling on the floor laughing". | |
| Definitions include: the "real world" time of day - i.e. the time of day displayed by the clock on the wall - rather than other measures of time, such as a computer's current uptime. | |
| Definitions include: By analogy from the same-named measurement in analog electronics. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "I am not your lawyer". | |
| Definitions include: a free e-mail address one uses for unimportant web signups, with the expectation that the e-mail address will receive lots of spam. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "what's on your mind". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "massively multiplayer online role playing game." | |
| Definitions include: an exclamation of delight, surprise or amazement. | |
| Definitions include: babygirl; girlfriend | |
| Definitions include: "Tweep I'd like to follow." | |
| Definitions include: a computer whose security has been compromised, and is then used to perform computer misdeeds, such as sending spam or performing denial-of-service attacks. | |
| Definitions include: "thanks". | |
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Other terms relating to 'finger': | |
| Definitions include: clumsy. | |
| Definitions include: a physical gesture one performs for good luck. | |
| Definitions include: To accidentally press an adjacent button, e.g. while typing on a keyboard or entering a phone number. | |
| Definitions include: to look up someone on the internet. | |
| Definitions include: to insert fingers into a person's vagina. | |
| Definitions include: to stimulate the female genitals with one's fingers. | |
| Definitions include: extremely tasty. | |
| Definitions include: to express that one is literally or figuratively crossing their fingers in order to bring about good luck. | |
| Definitions include: Stolen, lifted, heisted, boosted, shoplifted. | |
| Definitions include: a pretend occurrence during which stealing is permitted. | |
| Definitions include: to steal. | |
| Definitions include: to raise only the middle finger in someone's direction. | |
| Definitions include: to be a thief. | |
| Definitions include: to expend effort. | |
| Definitions include: a person who masturbates excessively. | |
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Other terms relating to 'three': | |
| Definitions include: the ability to think outside the box. | |
| Definitions include: a man with an extremely large penis. | |
| Definitions include: a chaotic event. | |
| Definitions include: extremely intoxicated | |
| Definitions include: an unspecified small number. | |
| Definitions include: a non-specified price. | |
| Definitions include: a non-specified price. | |
| Definitions include: be something really big and bad. | |
| Definitions include: to split something (often a purchase) three ways. | |
| Definitions include: to focus on beer, "bud" (marijuana), and "bitches" (women.) | |
| Definitions include: a premature ejaculator. | |
| Definitions include: something chaotic and disorderly. | |
| Definitions include: reading, writing, and arithmetic. | |
| Definitions include: very drunk. | |
| Definitions include: a threesome, i.e. sex between three people. | |
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