escape character
Noun
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Noun
escape character (plural escape characters)
- (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.
- In the C programming language, the backslash is an escape character; for example, '\n' represents a newline.
- Spanish: carácter de escape
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