Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

escape sequence

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.17 in modern English

Syllables
es-cape se-quence
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An escape character together with subsequent characters, not output as written, but specifying a particular behaviour.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

escape sequences (plural)

Questions

What does escape sequence mean?
An escape character together with subsequent characters, not output as written, but specifying a particular behaviour.

How to pronounce escape sequence

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