g-bell

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Definitions of g-bell word

abbreviation Technical meaning of G-BELL bell 3
noun Definition of g-bell in Technology (character) ASCII 7, ASCII mnemonic "BEL", the character code which prodces a standard audibile warning from the computer or terminal. In the teletype days it really was a bell, since the advent of the VDU it is more likely to be a sound sample (e.g. the sound of a bell) played through a loudspeaker. Also called "G-bell", because it is typed as Control-G. The term "beep" is preferred among some microcomputer hobbyists. Compare feep, visible bell. 1

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exclamation

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