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Discover LudwigThe term "control character" is correct and usable in written English.
It is mainly used in computing and computer programming contexts to refer to a non-graphic character used to control a device or other operation. For example: The programmer used several control characters to control the behavior of the program.
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control character
noun
A character which does not have a direct visual appearance as a glyph, but rather causes some other display action to occur, such as a transition to a new line.
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He holds himself so well; the contradiction of an out of control character and an actor hitting all the right beats.
(Today we would call it a five-bit code and label that sequence as 10101 in binary).The problem with this approach was that whenever a control character was lost in transmission, the resulting stream of text (until the next control character) was gibberish.
After leaving Expedia, he decided to stay home with his wife and two young kids in Mill Valley and play the online video game World of Warcraft, in which multiple players control character avatars and fulfill "quests" in "guilds".
We put a restriction that the password must contain at least one digit, one control character, uppercase and lowercase letters and one punctuation symbol is quite strong.
The possibility to use the living control character of this type of polymerization to re-initiate grafted chains in order to increase the thickness of an elastomer thin film with conservation of the brushes regime has been demonstrated.
Professor Frink - (Unlockable) Frink is a hard to control character who relies on gadgets to wear down opponents.
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Ascii is limited to 128 characters, and many are nonprinting control characters like tabs.
Sims 4 -- the latest version of its popular game in which players control characters as they go through their daily lives -- will be delayed until early next year.
It leads to stronger kinetic control characters on those samples.
IPB C7 parent was the most recessive genes containing control characters in the yield per plant.
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