A shortcut is a link to an item (such as a file, folder, or app) on your PC. You can create and assign a keyboard shortcut to open your favorite Website, to open a shortcut on your desktop, taskbar, ...
Facepalm: How well do you know your shortcut keys? Do you use Ctrl + Shift + T to reopen a recently closed browsing tab? What about Ctrl + Shift + Esc to open the task manager directly? Maybe not, but ...