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Control key Last modified: Thursday, September 23, 2004
A key on PC keyboards labeled Ctrl. You use the Control key in the same way that you use the Shift key -- keeping it pressed down while pressing another character. The result is a control key combination , which can have different meanings depending on which program is running. On Macintoshes, the Control key is called an Apple key or Command key.
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