Programmer's key: Difference between revisions

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[[Image:Macintosh Classic II Left Side Reset Interrupt Switch.jpg|thumb|250px|The interrupt button/programmer's key protruding from the air vent on the left -hand side of an Apple [[Macintosh Classic II]] computer (on the left, withabove athe circlecircular symbol)]]

The '''programmer's key''', or ''interrupt button'', is a button or switch on MacOS-era [[Apple Macintosh|Macintosh]] systems, which jumps to a [[machine code monitor]]. The symbol on the button is ⎉: {{unichar|2389|html=}}. On most [[68000 family]] based Macintosh computers, an interrupt request can also be sent by holding down the ''command'' key and striking the ''power'' key on the keyboard. This effect is also simulated by the 68000 environment of the [[Mac OS nanokernel]] on PowerPC machines and the [[Classic environment]].