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In computing, the three-finger salute is a jocular term for the keyboard combination that forces a soft reboot, brings up the process manager (on Windows, BeOS or Mac OS X, and KDE-based Linuxes) or a jump to ROM monitor. These keys are sometimes referred to in computer manuals as interrupt keys, since they are often used to interrupt the operation of a malfunctioning program. The "three-finger salute" is named after the one- and two-finger salutes, euphemistic names for rude hand gestures. Other humorous synonyms include the "Vulcan nerve pinch" or "Romulan death grip" from the original Star Trek TV series.