F-key
	F-key noun Short for 'function key'. Some players use comms packages which allow them to define text that is transmitted when such a key is struck; they're a form of unexpandable macro. For example, the route from the NRBL to the spring may be on an F-key so that the player doesn't have to rely on maps or memory. Killers are notorious users of F-keys: they usually set them up with some non-name as the commands' object, then when they have selected their victim they will syn them with this target name. Consequently, their battery of fight-oriented F-keys will be victim-specific! Sometimes, F-keys are called 'hot keys', but the latter term does not properly apply to fully reprogrammable keys. See macro mode.
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