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control character

control character noun: 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.

Noun

control character (plural control characters)

  1. 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.
    • 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.2004, Michael Stutz, The Linux Cookbook: Tips and Techniques for Everyday Use, 2nd edition, No Starch Press, →ISBN, page 215

control character meaning in Tamil and Arabic

control character in Tamil

கட்டுப்பாட்டு உரு

control character in Arabic

computing character
شَخْص šaḵṣ

Synonyms of control character

Forms of control character

pluralcontrol characters

Origin of control character

From control + character.

Questions about control character

What does control character mean?
Control character means 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.
What is control character in Tamil?
Control character in Tamil is கட்டுப்பாட்டு உரு. See Control character meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is control character?
Control character is a noun.
What is the plural of control character?
The plural of control character is control characters.

Words near control character in the dictionary

  1. control cars
  2. control center
  3. control centers
  4. control centre
  5. control centres
  6. control character
  7. control characters
  8. control chart
  9. control charts
  10. control cities
  11. control city

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Adapted from Wiktionary: control character (page history and authors); control character (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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