Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 87

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 87. Here are my solutions to them.

1: Unique among all the others, I’m the one you only press when you don’t want me. Which am I?

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Shift lock key

Unique among all the others (it’s the only key which lights up), I’m the one you only press when you don’t want me (almost invariably). Which am I?

2: My first is in Macintosh but not in Mac, and my second is exactly that. Together they were security for the future, but are now a thing of the past. What am I?

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T2 chip

My first is in Macintosh but not in Mac (letter T), and my second is exactly that (figure 2). Together they were security for the future (the primary function of the T2 chip), but are now a thing of the past (it has been replaced by the M1). What am I?

3: Conceived almost thirty years ago for interactive TV, I was originally named for a tree, and am intended to work anywhere. What am I?

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Java

Conceived almost thirty years ago (started as a project in June 1991) for interactive TV (its original target), I was originally named for a tree (the first name given was Oak, changed then to Green, before becoming Java), and am intended to work anywhere (cross-platform, or ‘Write Once, Run Anywhere’). What am I?

I look forward to your putting alternative cases.

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platyhsu on February 22, 2021 at 11:38 am

I do have an alternative solution for #1 — the Fn key seems also qualified. The Fn is unique in the sense that it’s a “meta-modifier” key, meaning that when pressed, it causes the OS to see altered scancodes of another keys, rather than to send its own scancode as normal modifier keys do. Also, on most modern systems, you press Fn when you want to avoid it — a function — as combining Fn with an F-row key makes the latter to trade the assigned function (brightness adjustment control, media control, etc.) for an abstract key event.

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  hoakley on February 22, 2021 at 11:54 am
  
  Thank you.
  As I always write, my suggested solutions are only suggestions, and you may find alternatives which you’re content with.
  Howard.
  
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1: Unique among all the others, I’m the one you only press when you don’t want me. Which am I?

Shift lock key

2: My first is in Macintosh but not in Mac, and my second is exactly that. Together they were security for the future, but are now a thing of the past. What am I?

T2 chip

3: Conceived almost thirty years ago for interactive TV, I was originally named for a tree, and am intended to work anywhere. What am I?

Java

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