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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bell character

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.48 in modern English

Syllables
bel-l char-ac-ter
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A control character with the value seven (Unicode code point U+0007, ASCII 0x07), originally used to ring a bell on telegraphy equipment to alert the operator to an incoming message; on modern computers, it generally causes a beep or buzzer to sound when printed to a terminal window, or, as a silent visual alternative, may cause the terminal window to flash briefly.

Etymology

From bell + character.

Inflected Forms

bell characters (plural) ␇ (alternative, symbol) BEL (alternative)

Questions

What does bell character mean?
A control character with the value seven (Unicode code point U+0007, ASCII 0x07), originally used to ring a bell on telegraphy equipment to alert the operator to an incoming message; on modern computers, it generally causes a beep or buzzer to sound when printed to a terminal window, or, as a silent visual alternative, may cause the terminal window to flash briefly.
Where does bell character come from?
From bell + character.

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