What is Pause keyboard shortcut for?

This shortcut is used by 17 programs in our database.

General description for this shortcut: Pause key was used to pause scrolling text in MS-DOS times. Now it's generally unused. Some games may pause with this key.

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Imaging

IrfanView - Pause / resume an automatic slideshow

System tools

ConEmu (190623 alpha) - Pause current console

Developer tools

Unreal Engine - Pause

Virtual Key Codes - VK_PAUSE (0x13)

Media player

MPlayer - Pause

Games

AquaNox - Pause

Battlezone 98 Redux - Pause game

Iron Harvest (PC) - Pause action

Jagged Alliance 2 (version 1.13) - Pause the game

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 - Toggle Active Pause

Open Rails 0.6.2 - Pause

Portal 2 - Pause game

Two Point Hospital (PC) - Toggle pause

X4: Foundations - Pause the game

Productivity

Adobe Captivate 2019 - Pause or resume recording

Cmder 1.3.16 - Pause current console: Pause

UiPath Studio - Pauses the execution of the current workflow, in both normal and debug mode

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