control character

/kənˌtroʊl ˌkɛr(ə)ktər/
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Other forms: control characters

Definitions of control character
  1. noun
    ASCII characters to indicate carriage return or tab or backspace; typed by depressing a key and the control key at the same time
    synonyms: ASCII control character
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    types:
    backspace character
    a control character that indicates moving a space to the left
    type of:
    ASCII character
    any member of the standard code for representing characters by binary numbers
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