pause/break key on modern keyboards

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Published on 2009-07-24T20:47:01Z Indexed on 2010/06/02 19:14 UTC
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Is there still a use for this key in modern operating systems? I know back in the days of the rapidfire dir /s on ten thousand files in DOS 5.5 this key was indispensable, but is it needed anymore? If not, can i remap it to do something else? If so, what?

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