control character
control character · control characters
управляющий символ
Steuerzeichen
A character which does not have a direct visual appearance as a glyph, but rather…A character which does not have a direct visual appearance as a glyph, but rather causes some other action to occur, such as a transition to a new line.
Meaning
1 sensesA character which does not have a direct visual appearance as a glyph, but rather causes some other action to occur, such as a transition to a new line.
The tab, carriage return, and line feed are all control characters.
Steuerzeichen
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More definitions
- ASCII characters to indicate carriage return or tab or backspace; typed by depressing a key and the control key at the same time
Translations
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Origin
From control + character.From control + character.
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Forms
plural: control characters| Singular | control character |
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Synonyms
3 synonymsClose in meaning
- ASCII characters to indicate carriage return or tab or backspace; typed by depressing a key and the control key at the same time:ASCII control character