ESCAPESEQUENCE

Escape sequence

An escape sequence is a series of characters used to change the state of computers and their attached peripheral devices. These are also known as control sequences, reflecting their use in device control. Some control sequences are special characters that always have the same meaning. Escape sequences use an escape character to change the meaning of the characters which follow it, meaning that the characters can be interpreted as a command to be executed rather than as data.

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escape sequence

Noun

  1. An escape character together with the subsequent characters that specify a particular meaning.


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