Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

delete character

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.17 in modern English

Syllables: delete char-ac-ter
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

the last character in the ASCII repertoire, coded as 127, designed to erase incorrect characters on paper tape

Inflected Forms

delete characters (plural)

Questions

What does delete character mean?: the last character in the ASCII repertoire, coded as 127, designed to erase incorrect characters on paper tape

How to pronounce delete character

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