Control character definition

Control character

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WordNet

(1) ASCII characters to indicate carriage return or tab or backspace; typed by depressing a key and the control key at the same time

WiktionaryText

control character

A character which does not have a direct visual appearance as a glyph, but rather causes some other display action to occur, such as a transition to a new line. Examples are tab, carriage return, and line feed.