| Subject | English | German |
| comp. | Alt key | Alt-Taste |
| commun. | to alt-route | alternative Routingverfahren anwenden |
| tech. | alt supply | Austauschteil |
| comp., MS | alt text | Alternativtext, alternativer Text (The text string that appears in place of an image when a Web page is loading, when graphics are not being displayed, or when users pause on the image itself with their mouse) |