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Ctrl-Alt-Del 

1. A combination of keys used before a login screen is presented on Windows NT/2000/XP. This is used because it is the only combination that cannot be sent over a network. It is also used to bring up the task manager and, when pressed twice will reset the computer. For this reason it is sometimes called the 'Three-Finger-Salute'.

2. A comic strip written by Tim Buckley relating to computer and console gaming. It can be found at cad-comic.com
1. d00d! j00 wa5 pwning at CS and j00r b0x0r cr@5h3d! j00 had to use Ctrl-Alt-Del!

2. Did you see the latest Ctrl-Alt-Del comic strip? It was just up a couple of hours ago.
Ctrl-Alt-Del by Batiu-Drami January 31, 2005
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ctrl+F+U 

From the web series Red vs Blue, Caboose's keyboard shortcut at command for every time he team kills.
Washington: "I told them Caboose did it. Apparently they already have a shortcut on their keyboard for recording his team kills"
Caboose: "Ctrl+F+U"
ctrl+F+U by confusedfish January 7, 2010
Teacher: Today class your going to write an essay.
Student: *ctrl v* DONE!
ctrl v by GUYwithNOfriends February 1, 2018

CTRL C+T+V 

In Firefox, highlight a link, and hold CTRL and hit C+T+V to open it in a new tab, very useful for non-clickable links.
WTF? I can't click this link?!
Dude, just Ctrl C+T+V it.
CTRL C+T+V by Guy McGuyster August 5, 2009
Stems from the ctrl-z button on computers that undoes the last action performed. The term Ctrl Z has also made worked its way into popular usage to mean undo, fix or to take back, as seen in websites like ctrlztoday.com
Ever wish you could Ctrl Z everything that goes wrong in your life?
Ctrl Z by Mantilla January 1, 2012
That branch of the left wing which wants to restrict people's behaviour and free speech. Often no longer concerned with economic issues or foreign policy. This is the group that always takes the bait and tries to oppose the alt-right directly, rather than using time tested tactics to defeat them. The ctrl-left is famous for alienating anybody who is not a core member with its judgmental shaming tactics and its hidden class bias against working class people.
If the Neo-Nazis marched and no one cared, they would give up and take up wood-working. If the Neo-Nazis march and a bunch of ctrl-left counter protesters take it as licence to break all the shop windows and embarrass themselves on live TV with their bad manners, moderate people are going to start feeling a little sympathetic to those poor Neo-Nazis.

The ctrl-left prevented Jordan Peterson from giving a lecture at my university.
ctrl-left by Nostradamus Bear August 25, 2017
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