System and method for outputting icons in response to hot-key input

A system to output an icon in response to a hot-key input, including a microcomputer to sense an instruction input through a hot-key and to output a scan code corresponding to the instruction, a keyboard launcher to receive the scan code from the microcomputer, to analyze the scan code, and to generate a message that requests an output of a hot-key icon indicating the operation of the hot-key based on the analyzed scan code, a system basic input/output system (BIOS) to provide information required to output the hot-key icon, and a display manager to receive the message generated by the keyboard launcher and to output the hot-key icon based on the information received from the system BIOS.