- control character
- Any of 32 ASCII characters that do not print on your screen or printer. These characters are usually used to control your computer. See also CTRL.
Dictionary of telecommunications. Д.С.Иносов. 2000.
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Control Character — [engl.], Steuerzeichen … Universal-Lexikon
Control character — In computing and telecommunication, a control character or non printing character is a code point (a number) in a character set, that does not in itself represent a written symbol. It is in band signaling in the context of character encoding. All … Wikipedia
control character — A nonprinting character with a special meaning. Control characters, such as Carriage Return, Line Feed, Bell, or Escape, perform a specific operation on a terminal, printer, or communications line. They are grouped together as the first 32… … Dictionary of networking
control character — noun ASCII characters to indicate carriage return or tab or backspace; typed by depressing a key and the control key at the same time • Syn: ↑ASCII control character • Hypernyms: ↑ASCII character • Hyponyms: ↑backspace character … Useful english dictionary
control character — valdymo ženklas statusas T sritis informatika apibrėžtis Valdymo veiksmą nurodantis ↑ženklas, esantis ženklų ↑koduotėje. Valdymo ženklai neturi grafinių vaizdų (↑glifų) ir nepriskiriami ↑rašmenims. Žymimi sutartiniais kelių raidžių žymėjimais –… … Enciklopedinis kompiuterijos žodynas
control character — Computers. 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. * * * … Universalium
control character — A character whose occurrence in a given context initiates, modifies, or stops a control operation … IT glossary of terms, acronyms and abbreviations
control character — noun Computing a character that does not represent a printable character but serves to initiate a particular action … English new terms dictionary
control character — noun 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. Examples are tab, carriage return, and line feed … Wiktionary
ASCII control character — noun ASCII characters to indicate carriage return or tab or backspace; typed by depressing a key and the control key at the same time • Syn: ↑control character • Hypernyms: ↑ASCII character • Hyponyms: ↑backspace character … Useful english dictionary
