From Encyclopedia Dramatica
Three buttons on a standard-issue keyboard which, once pressed, will reset your PC. They won't do anything else and to suggest to the contrary is now considered seriously unfunny and an old meme.
Control, alt, delete is considered so important to Windows (due to its constant crashing) that in the accessibility options, disabled people can make it so they don't even have to press the keys at the same time. This is stupid because anyone too retarded to press 3 keys at once should not be allowed on a computer. This will allow people who don't know how to use it properly accessing the feature without holding multiple keys, such as with ALL CAPS.
Pressing control, alt, delete is often the only way to shut down your browser if it has been overloaded by Last Measure or something even moar lulzy, but seriously, just turn your computer off, you fucking nerd.
"When I grow up, I'm gonna name my kids control, alt, and delete, that way when they're bad I can just hit them" - Bex
Reasons to press Ctrl, alt, delete
- Your PC has locked up and you want to restart it.
- Nothing else.
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