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Everything about Shortcut (computing)
Handle in a user interface that allows the user to find a file or resource
In computing, a file shortcut is a handle in a user interface that allows the user to find a file or resource located in a different directory or folder from the place where the shortcut is located. Similarly, an Internet shortcut allows the user to open a webpage, file or resource located at a remote Internet location or Web site. Wikipedia →
🧠Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Shortcut (computing)A 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: Get Started with Microsoft PowerPoint 97! - Illustrated InteractiveThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: A Shortcut Method for Computing Final Demand Multipliers for Small RegionsCited 10 times
- Go sideways: Symbolic linkA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Alias (Mac OS)A closely related topic
đź“– Definitions
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
A Shortcut Method for Computing Final Demand Multipliers for Small Regions
Shortcut to chemically accurate quantum computing via density-based basis-set correction
A Shortcut Method for Computing Final Demand Multipliers for Small Regions: Comment
A Shortcut for Computing Stream Depletion by Wells Using Analog or Digital Models a
On Computing the k -Shortcut Fréchet Distance
đź“š Books worth reading
- 📕Get Started with Microsoft PowerPoint 97! - Illustrated InteractiveMac Mendelsohn · 1997
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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