| Subject | English | German |
| tech. | break key | Unterbrechertaste |
| comp., MS | BREAK key | UNTBR-TASTE (A key or combination of keys used to tell a computer to halt, or break out of, whatever it is doing. On IBM PCs and compatibles under DOS, pressing the Pause/ Break or Scroll Lock/Break key while holding down the Ctrl key issues the break command (as does Ctrl-C). On Macintosh computers, the key combination that sends a break code is Command-period) |
| gen. | break key | Unterbrechungstaste |
| IT, dat.proc. | line break key | Zeilenumbruchtaste |
| IT, dat.proc. | page break key | Seitenumbruchtaste |