boss key

English

Noun

boss key (plural boss keys)

  1. (chiefly video games) A key which, when pressed, hides a program from view by a superior in the workplace.
    Synonym: boss button
    When the directors came out of their meeting, I hit the boss key to replace my game with a fake spreadsheet screen.
    • 2006, Ian Bogost, Unit Operations: An Approach to Videogame Criticism, MIT Press, →ISBN:
      For one, the original Tetris game I remember came with a "boss key," a special command built into the game's menu. When the player presses the boss key, the game pauses and draws a noninteractive spreadsheet program onto the screen.
    • 2009, Woody Leonhard, Windows 7 All-in-One For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 240:
      You can use screen savers to create a Super Boss Key—a key combination, such as Alt+F10, that you can press to make the PC immediately switch over to running the screen saver.

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