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Alt bit

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• Alt

  . in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff. variant of before a vowel: altazimuth. . . . . either of two keys on a PC keyboard that is held down while pressing another key, as to perform a specific operation or type a special character. Contemporary Examples Both present alt cert in […]

• Alt key

  either of two keys on a PC keyboard that is held down while pressing another key, as to perform a specific operation or type a special character.

• Alt-rock

  noun a genre of rock music regarded by its practitioners and fans as being outside the mainstream noun alternative rock; rock music that is somewhat different than mainstream genres Examples Indie rock is considered alt-rock. Usage Note music

• Alt. hor.

  alt. hor. alt. hor. abbr. Latin alternis horis (every other hour) Latin alternis horis (every other hour)

• Alt.country

  noun a genre of country music originating in the 1990s and influenced by both early country music and contemporary rock music

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