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control character

American

noun

Computers.

a character in a data stream that signals the device receiving the data to perform a particular control function, as changing the line spacing on a printer from single to double-spaced.

Example Sentences

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It meant visual effects had to do a lot more rotoscoping, match-moves and camera tracking, but in doing so, it gave the team the ability to tightly control character performance.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2023

Even text files have slight compatibility problems because the three "worlds"—IBM, Macintosh, and UNIX—use a different control character to represent "return", "enter", or "newline."

From Email 101 by Goodwin, John

The very tone of the voice has a tendency to influence and control character.

From Wit, Humor, Reason, Rhetoric, Prose, Poetry and Story Woven into Eight Popular Lectures by Bain, George W.

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