escape character Last modified: Sunday, September 01, 1996
A special character that can have many different functions. It is often used to abort the current command and return to a previous place in the program. It is also used to send special instructions to printers and other devices. An escape character is generated with the Escape key, a special key that exists on most computer keyboards. When the escape character is combined with other characters, it is called an escape sequence.

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