three fingered salute

to press press CTRL ALT and DELETE on your PC thus resetting it .. derived from the 3 fingers you use to press the buttons.

John:"Damn my computer has froze!!"
Dave:"Give it a three fingered salute!"
John:"But ill lose all my work..."

by Evil-Ernie June 2, 2003

three fingered salute

The art of closing down Microsoft Windows programmes that are pissing you off. by pressing Ctrl,Alt & Del. Repeat the experience to restart the computer.

The game was misbehaving so I gave it the three fingered salute.

by StarFox September 4, 2003

three fingered salute

three fingered salute is another name for CTRL+ALT+DELETE.

CTRL+ALT+DELETE does...

Windows 3.11 = blue screen prompt to restart.
Windows 9x = Applications-only version of Task Manager.
Windows 2000 = Lock PC screen
Windows XP Home = Task Manager.
Windows XP Pro = Lock PC screen
Windows Vista and 7 = Menu to log off, switch user, lock computer, turn off and Task Manager

Sam: Why this computer with Windows 7 will not unfreeze?
Robert: Try the three fingered salute.

by Rob215 June 21, 2010

three fingered salute

that just starts task manager

by Anonymous August 3, 2003

Three Finger Salute

The act of giving the shocker to a military wife.

The Commander gave his wife the three finger salute.

by Upstairs Guide February 20, 2015

three finger salute

The act of pressing ctrl+alt+del on a computer to reset it.

The damn thing froze on me so I gave it the three finger salute.

by SirAstounding October 13, 2003

three-finger salute

Pressing Control-Alt-Delete on a computer keyboard to boot, reboot, or clear a program on the computer.

My computer stalled, so I have to give it the three-finger salute.

by pentozali January 29, 2009