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control character

con·trol char·ac·ter
C c

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kuh n-trohl kar-ik-ter]
    • /kənˈtroʊl ˈkær ɪk tər/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kuh n-trohl kar-ik-ter]
    • /kənˈtroʊl ˈkær ɪk tər/

Definitions of control character words

  • noun control character a character in a data stream that signals the device receiving the data to perform a particular control function, as changing the line spacing on a printer from single to double-spaced. 1
  • noun Definition of control character in Technology (character)   Any of a number of special characters that exist in most coded character sets and that are input or output to cause some special action rather than as part of the normal textual data. Control characters are input by holding down a control key on the keyboard and simultaneously pressing a letter key or (depending on the keyboard and operating system) certain punctuation characters. Some control codes have their own special keys: escape, tab, delete, backspace, return, allowing them to be entered with a single key press. Control characters may be output for their effect on the output device, e.g. moving the cursor or print head to the start of a new line (carriage return, Control-M), advancing down to the next line (line feed, Control-J) or ringing the bell (Control-G). Different operating systems and application programs have different conventions for what effect typing certain control characters will have, such as interrupting the current process (Unix Control-C) or suspending or resuming output (Control-S, Control-Q). See ASCII character table. 1
  • noun control character (computing) A character which does not have a direct visual appearance as a glyph, but rather causes some other display action to occur, such as a transition to a new line. 0
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Parts of speech for Control character

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Control character

control character popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 3% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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