Abbreviations for Control Characters
NUL |
null, or all zeros |
SOH |
start of heading |
STX |
start of text |
ETX |
end of text |
EOT |
end of transmission |
ENQ |
enquiry |
ACK |
acknowledge |
BEL |
bell |
BS |
backspace |
HT |
horizontal tabulation |
LF |
line feed |
VT |
vertical tabulation |
FF |
form feed |
CR |
carriage return |
SO |
shift out |
SI |
shift in |
DLE |
data link escape |
DC1 |
device control 1 |
DC2 |
device control 2 |
DC3 |
device control 3 |
DC4 |
device control 4 |
NAK |
negative acknowledge |
SYN |
synchronous idle |
ETB |
end of transmission block |
CAN |
cancel |
EM |
end of medium |
SUB |
substitute |
ESC |
escape |
FS |
file separator |
GS |
group separator |
RS |
record ... |
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