What does key "M" mean in Emacs?

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I am totally new to Emacs and am reading this tutorial, and it mentions: Which key is ? As such pressing M followed by f types and pressing them together also types some combination of M and f.

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M-f    Forward one word

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is , which is an old X11 extended shift key designation. In modern systems it's usually the key. You can also press followed by the other keys in the sequence (here, ). You mostly won't see them on modern machines, but there are other extended shift…

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