"delete character" meaning in English

See delete character in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: delete characters [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} delete character (plural delete characters)
  1. (computing) the last character in the ASCII repertoire, coded as 127, designed to erase incorrect characters on paper tape Categories (topical): Computing Hyponyms: bell character, carriage return, line feed, null character, tab

Inflected forms

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          "word": "carriage return"
        },
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      "word": "carriage return"
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