Meaning of control character | Babel Free
Definitions
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.
Equivalents
العربية
شخص
Čeština
řídící znak
Deutsch
Steuerzeichen
Ελληνικά
χαρακτήρας ελέγχου
Esperanto
signalo
Español
carácter de control
Русский
управля́ющий си́мвол
Examples
“The tab, carriage return⟳, and line feed⟳ are all control⟳ characters.”
“To display raw control⟳ characters in text, but try⟳ to keep⟳ the screen appearance, use⟳ less with the -R option. This displays raw control⟳ characters, but any disparities that may be caused by the control⟳ characters on the screen are controlled, whenever possible.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
See also
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