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caret notation

caret notation noun: a notation where each control character is represented by a caret followed by a letter or symbol.

Noun

caret notation (uncountable)

  1. A notation where each control character is represented by a caret followed by a letter or symbol.
    • The backspace in caret notation is ^H.

Origin of caret notation

caret + notation

Questions about caret notation

What does caret notation mean?
Caret notation means a notation where each control character is represented by a caret followed by a letter or symbol.
What part of speech is caret notation?
Caret notation is a noun.

Words near caret notation in the dictionary

  1. caressively
  2. caressives
  3. carest
  4. Careston
  5. caret
  6. caret notation
  7. caretake
  8. caretaken
  9. caretaker
  10. caretaker government
  11. caretaker governments

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