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Input method
On personal computers with numeric keypads that use Microsoft operating systems, such as Windows, many characters that do not have a dedicated key combination on the keyboard may nevertheless be entered using the Alt code. This is done by pressing and holding the Alt key, then typing a number on the keyboard's numeric keypad that identifies the character and then releasing Alt. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Alt codeA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Open access dataset, code library and benchmarking deep learning approaches for state-of-health estimation of lithium-ion batteriesInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Diabetes TagebuchThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: The 2021 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: code red for a healthy futureCited 1,294 times
- Go sideways: Unicode inputA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Alt keyA closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
🆕 Influential since 2022
📚 Books worth reading
- 📕Diabetes TagebuchCarl Simpson · 2020
Drupal 7 bibleRic Shreves · 2011
In God's shadowMichael Walzer · 2012- 📕Best food writing 2015Holly Hughes · 2015
- 📕ALT CodesCaveri Kaleigh Leonard · 2013
- 📕Student Access Code for Harris Alt E-BookMuriel Harris · 2003
- 📕Computational discrete mathematicsHelmut Alt · 2001
Hard_CodeEugene Thacker · 2002
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