shortcut

/ˈʃɔːtkʌt/noun

A quicker route between two places than the one most people take.

Example sentence

“We took a shortcut through the park and got there ten minutes early.”

Figuratively, 'there are no shortcuts' warns against easy methods. Keyboard shortcuts gave the word a second career in computing.

Related words

streamingSending or playing audio or video over the internet as it arrives, without saving it first.notificationAn alert or message that a device or app shows to tell you about something, such as a new email or update.firewallA program that watches data flowing into and out of a computer or network and blocks anything that appears dangerous.bluetoothA technical standard that lets nearby devices connect to each other without wires.megabyteA unit of digital information equal to a million bytes, or one thousand kilobytes.encryptionThe scrambling of information so that it can only be read by someone with the right key or password.