Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

non-printing character

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.18 in modern English

Syllables: non-print-ing char-ac-ter
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of control character.

Example Sentences

"It is my proposal that a "non-printing character" be placed in the typewriter keyboard and in the tape code. This non-printing character will be recognised only by the computing machine. When this character is struck on the keyboard, no printing occurs, but the tape is punched with the tape code for the non-printing character (NPC)."
"When CONTROL is pressed at the same time as another key, a non-printing character is created. In other words, you do not see a letter displayed on the screen."
"Control Character -- Non-printing character used to format input or output on a VDU or printer, such as CR, rubout etc."

Inflected Forms

non-printing characters (plural)

Derived Forms

NPC

Synonyms

control character

Questions

What does non-printing character mean?: Synonym of control character.

How to pronounce non-printing character

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