"ASA character" meaning in English

See ASA character in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: ASA characters [plural]
Etymology: From the initialism for the American Standards Association. Head templates: {{en-noun}} ASA character (plural ASA characters)
  1. (computing) A standard carriage control character added to the start of each line of text to be printed on a line printer Categories (topical): Computing

Inflected forms

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