escape characters

A form of escape character — 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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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of escape character
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