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escape sequences

escape sequences is the plural of escape sequence.

Meaning of escape sequence

Noun

escape sequence (plural escape sequences)

  1. An escape character together with subsequent characters, not output as written, but specifying a particular behaviour.
    • In the C programming language, the backslash is an escape character; for example, \n is an escape sequence which represents a newline.

Questions about escape sequences

What is escape sequences the plural of?
Escape sequences is the plural of escape sequence.

Words near escape sequences in the dictionary

  1. escape room
  2. escape rooms
  3. escape route
  4. escape routes
  5. escape sequence
  6. escape sequences
  7. escape tone
  8. escape tones
  9. escape valve
  10. escape valves
  11. escape velocities

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