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Escape character
Meaning
Noun
●
In 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.
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