PrtScr/SysRq?

[BORTZ]

i know what the prt scr button does but what does the sys rq part do? i read somewhere it was for the new system of dos but dos never finished the next version. why is it on my brand new keyboard? (like 10 years after dos)

 

[kellyan95]

Ask wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_request

 

[Salamantis]

Google is your friend:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SysRq

EDIT: Lol, kellyan, you beat me