Word Explorer

Control character

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Control character"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

WordDefinition
ascii control characternounascii characters to indicate carriage return or tab or backspace; typed by depressing a key and the control key at the same time
non-printing characternounSynonym of control character.
special characternoun(computing) A symbol that is not an alphanumeric character; a nonalphanumeric character.
non-printable characternoun(computing) Synonym of control character.
asa characternoun(computing) A standard carriage control character added to the start of each line of text to be printed on a line printer
characternoun(countable) A being involved in the action of a story; a persona.
carriage control characternoun(computing) A character, added to the beginning of each line of text to be printed on a line printer, that controls the movement of paper through the printer before each new line is printed
metacharacternoun(computing) A character used to signify something other than its literal form, such as the asterisk when used as a wildcard.
escape characternoun(computing, telecommunications) A single metacharacter, usually a control code, which in a sequence of characters signifies that what is to follow takes an alternative interpretation. The term escape sequence refers to the escape character and the subsequent character or characters so modified.
pseudocharacternounA text character invented for language recognition tests, etc. and not occurring in real-world writing.
combining characternoun(computing) A character that modifies the appearance of other characters (which are called base characters).
charakternounA glyph with no agreed semantic or phonetic value, generally formed by deforming a letter of the Greek alphabet or a simple geometric symbol via one of several predefined processes, used as part of magical texts in the Hellenistic world.
character cellnoun(computing) The imaginary rectangle that delineates the boundaries of a text character.
base characternoun(computing) A character whose appearance is modified by one or more combining characters.
ghost characternoun(computing) Kanji of unknown origin that are included in the JIS X 0208 character set.
subcharacternounA lesser or secondary character in fiction.
combining formnoun(grammar) A type of word part; a bound morpheme; used in combination with a word, a different combining form, or an affix to form a new word.
shiftnounA movement to do something, a beginning.
charnoun(computing, programming) A character (text element such as a letter or symbol).
digraphnoun(linguistics) A pair of letters, especially a pair representing a single phoneme.

Translate “Control character” into Another Language

Pick a language — the word will be pre-filled in the translator.

Home/Dictionary/Control character