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- noun computing A
character which does not have a direct visual appearance as aglyph , but rather causes some other display action to occur, such as a transition to a new line.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun ASCII characters to indicate carriage return or tab or backspace; typed by depressing a key and the control key at the same time
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