ctrl+c
Clipboard capture command
Ctrl+C is a keyboard shortcut that copies selected content to the clipboard, allowing it to be pasted elsewhere with Ctrl+V.
In command-line interfaces, Ctrl+C instead interrupts a running process—a crucial escape hatch when programs hang or run too long.
The copy function has made Ctrl+C shorthand for copying or imitating: That whole aesthetic is just Ctrl+C from the nineties.
Quicker alternative path
- copyIdentical reproduction made
- pasteThick sticky substance
- clipboardRigid paper-holding surface
- hotkeyProgrammed key combination
command · keystroke · selection · duplicate · text · highlight · buffer · edit
shortcut
Quicker alternative path
hotkey · command · keystroke · selection · duplicate · text · highlight · buffer · edit · undo
duplicate
Exact replica of original
data · content · image · file · screenshot · snip · grab · capture · extract · quote
interrupt
Break in upon
- terminateBring to an end
- signalMessage-conveying cue
- SIGINTIntelligence from communications intercepts
process · kill · abort · terminal · command-line · shell · break · stop · execution · console
- keyboard shortcutsAlt-Tab, Ctrl-Alt-Delete, shortcuts, hotkeys, shortcut keys