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"etymology_text": "control + character",
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"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Computing",
"orig": "en:Computing",
"parents": [
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"All topics",
"Fundamental"
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}
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"examples": [
{
"text": "The tab, carriage return, and line feed are all control characters.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2004, Michael Stutz, The Linux Cookbook: Tips and Techniques for Everyday Use, 2nd edition, No Starch Press, page 215",
"text": "To display raw control characters in text, but try to keep the screen appearance, use less with the -R option. This displays raw control characters, but any disparities that may be caused by the control characters on the screen are controlled, whenever possible.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A character which does not have a direct visual appearance as a glyph, but rather causes some other action to occur, such as a transition to a new line."
],
"hyponyms": [
{
"word": "bell character"
},
{
"word": "carriage return"
},
{
"word": "delete character"
},
{
"word": "line feed"
},
{
"word": "null character"
},
{
"word": "tab"
}
],
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"computing",
"computing#Noun"
],
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"character",
"character"
],
[
"glyph",
"glyph"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(computing) A character which does not have a direct visual appearance as a glyph, but rather causes some other action to occur, such as a transition to a new line."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "non-printable character"
},
{
"word": "non-printing character"
}
],
"topics": [
"computing",
"engineering",
"mathematics",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"sciences"
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "šaḵṣ",
"sense": "computing character",
"word": "شَخْص"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "computing character",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "řídící znak"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "computing character",
"word": "stirsigno"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "computing character",
"word": "regsigno"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "computing character",
"word": "signalo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "computing character",
"word": "kontrollimerkki"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "computing character",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Steuerzeichen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "charaktíras elénchou",
"sense": "computing character",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "χαρακτήρας ελέγχου"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "seigyo moji",
"sense": "computing character",
"word": "制御文字"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "computing character",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "caracter de control"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "computing character",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tastă de control"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "upravljájuščij símvol",
"sense": "computing character",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "управля́ющий си́мвол"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "computing character",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "carácter de control"
}
]
}
],
"word": "control character"
}
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"2": "control",
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"name": "com"
}
],
"etymology_text": "control + character",
"forms": [
{
"form": "control characters",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "control character (plural control characters)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
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{
"word": "bell character"
},
{
"word": "carriage return"
},
{
"word": "delete character"
},
{
"word": "line feed"
},
{
"word": "null character"
},
{
"word": "tab"
}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
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"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
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"English multiword terms",
"English nouns",
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"English terms with usage examples",
"en:Computing"
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"examples": [
{
"text": "The tab, carriage return, and line feed are all control characters.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2004, Michael Stutz, The Linux Cookbook: Tips and Techniques for Everyday Use, 2nd edition, No Starch Press, page 215",
"text": "To display raw control characters in text, but try to keep the screen appearance, use less with the -R option. This displays raw control characters, but any disparities that may be caused by the control characters on the screen are controlled, whenever possible.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A character which does not have a direct visual appearance as a glyph, but rather causes some other action to occur, such as a transition to a new line."
],
"links": [
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"computing",
"computing#Noun"
],
[
"character",
"character"
],
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"glyph",
"glyph"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(computing) A character which does not have a direct visual appearance as a glyph, but rather causes some other action to occur, such as a transition to a new line."
],
"topics": [
"computing",
"engineering",
"mathematics",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"sciences"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "non-printable character"
},
{
"word": "non-printing character"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "šaḵṣ",
"sense": "computing character",
"word": "شَخْص"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "computing character",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "řídící znak"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "computing character",
"word": "stirsigno"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "computing character",
"word": "regsigno"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "computing character",
"word": "signalo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "computing character",
"word": "kontrollimerkki"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "computing character",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Steuerzeichen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "charaktíras elénchou",
"sense": "computing character",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "χαρακτήρας ελέγχου"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "seigyo moji",
"sense": "computing character",
"word": "制御文字"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "computing character",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "caracter de control"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "computing character",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tastă de control"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "upravljájuščij símvol",
"sense": "computing character",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "управля́ющий си́мвол"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "computing character",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "carácter de control"
}
],
"word": "control character"
}
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