"box-drawing character" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: box-drawing characters [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} box-drawing character (plural box-drawing characters)
  1. (computing, typography) A text character used for creating geometric frames and boxes. Wikipedia link: box-drawing character Categories (topical): Computing, Typography Translations (text character used for creating geometric frames and boxes): keretelem (Hungarian), псевдогра́фика (psevdográfika) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-box-drawing_character-en-noun-frRduQ7Q Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, media, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, publishing, sciences, typography

Inflected forms

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