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ASA character

ASA character noun: a standard carriage control character added to the start of each line of text to be printed on a line printer.

Noun

ASA character (plural ASA characters)

  1. A standard carriage control character added to the start of each line of text to be printed on a line printer

Forms of ASA character

pluralASA characters

Origin of ASA character

From the initialism for the American Standards Association.

Questions about ASA character

What does ASA character mean?
ASA character means a standard carriage control character added to the start of each line of text to be printed on a line printer.
What part of speech is ASA character?
ASA character is a noun.
What is the plural of ASA character?
The plural of ASA character is ASA characters.

Words near ASA character in the dictionary

  1. as-yet-unknown
  2. as-yet-unknowns
  3. As. Mos.
  4. AS/RS
  5. ASA
  6. ASA character
  7. ASA characters
  8. Asaad
  9. Asaba
  10. asabiya
  11. asabiyya

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