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del

del

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A key on a keyboard used to remove text or files
  • noun
  • /dɛl/
translation icon : tecla Suprimir
  • Let's restart yet again, and this time I'm pressing the delete key to go into the BIOS.

Examples

  • To remove unnecessary characters, I pressed the del key on my keyboard.

  • Press Ctrl Alt Del to restart

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  • I've been having to use CTRL-ALT-DEL.

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  • Ctrl-Alt-Del brought up a screen, but when I clicked on anything, it just disappeared.

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  • If you press Ctrl Alt Del as instructed, the only thing that happens is Windows tries to boot again and fails again because ntldr is missing.

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  • After typing the wrong line, he quickly hit the del button to erase it.

  • By pressing the del key, you can delete any selected files from your computer.

Compounds

A group of islands at the southern tip of South America divided between Chile and Argentina

A high mountain peak in the Andes of Argentina, 6,491 meters high

A small independent city inside Rome where the Pope lives and the Catholic Church has main buildings

A mountain peak in the Andes of Argentina that rises about 6,400 meters above sea level

A volcano in the Andes on the Argentina and Chile border that is the world's highest active volcano

A town near Oaxaca in southern Mexico known for a very large, very old tree

A seaside city in central Chile known for its beaches and gardens

Surface Forms

del singular
dels plural

Etymology

Del on a keyboard is simply short for the word delete, which comes from an old word meaning 'to wipe out' or 'remove'. That's why pressing del will remove letters, files, or other items from your screen.