A mnemonic is an underlined alphanumeric character, typically appearing in a menu title, menu item, or the text of a button or component of the User interface

User interface

The user interface, in the industrial design field of human–machine interaction, is the space where interaction between humans and machines occurs. The goal of interaction between a human and a machine at the user interface is effective operation and control of the machine, and feedback from the...

. A mnemonic indicates to the user which key to press (in conjunction with the Alt key) to activate a command or navigate to a component.

The usage of mnemonics on other languages than English is limited to the possibility of entering the underlined character using a single key stroke.

External links

• SUN's definition of mnemonic term
• Keyboard shortcuts and mnemonics or accelerators are not the same thing