Shortcut

English

Noun

Shortcut (plural Shortcuts)

1. A path between two points that is faster than the commonly used paths.
2. A method to accomplish something that omits one or more steps.
3. (computing) A symlink (symbolic file link); especially, one that appears as an icon.

Derived terms

• keyboard shortcut

See also

• 15px Shortcut on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Thesaurus

air lane, air line, axis, beat, beeline, bypass, chord, circuit, course, cut, cutoff, diagonal, diameter, direct line, directrix, edge, flight path, great-circle course, itinerary, line, normal, orbit, path, perpendicular, primrose path, radius, radius vector, right line, road, round, route, run, sea lane, secant, segment, shortest way, side, straight, straight course, straight line, straight stretch, straightaway, streamline, tangent, tour, track, trade route, traject, trajectory, trajet, transversal, vector, walk

Alternative forms

• short cut, short-cut

Translations

path

Czech: zkratka (cs) f. Estonian: otsetee (et), Finnish: oikotie, oikopolku, oikoreitti French: raccourci (fr) German: Abkürzung (de) Greek: παραδρόμι (el) (paraδrómi) n. Italian: scorciatoia (it) f.

Polish: skrót (pl) m. Portuguese: atalho (pt) Romanian: scurtătură (ro) f. Scottish Gaelic: aithghearr (gd) f. Spanish: atajo (es) Swahili: mkato (sw) Swedish: genväg (sv) c. Thai: ทางลัด (th) (thang lad)

method

Estonian: nipp (et) Finnish: oikaisu (fi)

Greek: παράκαμψη (el) (parákampsi) f., συντόμευση (el) (sntómefsi) f. Swahili: mkato (sw) Swedish: genväg (sv) c.

symlink

Estonian: nimeviit (et) Finnish: pikakuvake French: raccourci (fr) m., lien symbolique (fr) m. German: Verknüpfung (de), shortcut (de)

Greek: συντόμευση (el) f. (syntómefsi), συντόμευση (el) (sntómefsi) f. Italian: collegamento (it) m. Polish: skrót (pl) m. Romanian: scurtare (ro) f., prescurtare (ro) f., scurtătură (ro) f. Swahili: mkato (sw) Swedish: genväg (sv) c., alias (sv) n.

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