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non-printable character

non-printable character noun: synonym of control character.

Noun

non-printable character (plural non-printable characters)

  1. Synonym of control character.
    • You also can include non-printable characters in the strings by including a backslash followed by the character that represents the non-printable character.2002, Davis Howard Chapman, Sams Teach Yourself Visual C++ .Net in 21 Days, Sams Publishing, →ISBN, page 42

Synonyms of non-printable character

Forms of non-printable character

pluralnon-printable characters

Questions about non-printable character

What does non-printable character mean?
Non-printable character means synonym of control character.
What part of speech is non-printable character?
Non-printable character is a noun.
What is the plural of non-printable character?
The plural of non-printable character is non-printable characters.

Words near non-printable character in the dictionary

  1. non-price
  2. non-price competition
  3. non-price competitions
  4. non-primary
  5. non-printable
  6. non-printable character
  7. non-printable characters
  8. non-printing
  9. non-printing character
  10. non-printing characters
  11. non-prisoner

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