non-printable character

noun

Synonym of control character.

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control character
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Meanings

nounnon-printable character (plural non-printable characters)

plural non-printable characters

  1. computingSynonym of control character.

    You also can include non-printable characters in the strings by including a backslash followed by the character that represents the non-printable character.

    2002, Davis Howard Chapman, Sams Teach Yourself Visual C++ .Net in 21 Days, Sams Publishing, →ISBN, page 42

    Synonyms: control character

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of control character.

Similar
control character
Also see
control character
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non-printable character. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/non-printable%20character

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“non-printable character.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/non-printable%20character. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “non-printable character,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/non-printable%20character.

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