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How is "Ctrl" Pronounced?

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"Ctrl" is pronounced "control." Although it's usually abbreviated in keyboard shortcuts, the Ctrl key does appear with its unabbreviated name on some keyboards.

A yellow keyboard with a "control" key at its bottom-left corner where the "ctrl" key normally would be.
A keyboard featuring the ANSI keyboard layout. Observe that the Ctrl key has "Control" for label. Photo by Thomas Vogt on Flickr (license: CC BY 2.0)
Written by Noel Santos.

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I'm a self-taught Brazilian programmer graduated in IT from a FATEC. In a world of increasingly complex and essential computers, I decided to use my technical expertise in hardware, desktop applications, and web technologies to create an informative resource to make PC's easier to understand.

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