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  2. Control character - Wikipedia

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    In computing, it is often used for padding in fixed length records; to mark the end of a string; and formerly to give printing devices enough time to execute a control function. Code 127 (DEL, a.k.a. "rubout") is likewise a special case. Its 7-bit code is all-bits-on in binary, which essentially erased a character cell on a paper tape when ...

  3. Carriage return - Wikipedia

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    Touchmaster Five with carriage return lever at left. Originally, the term "carriage return" referred to a mechanism or lever on a typewriter.For machines where the type element was fixed and the paper held in a moving carriage, this lever was on the left attached to the moving carriage, and operated after typing a line of text to cause the carriage to return to the far right so the type ...

  4. List of computing and IT abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    CR—Carriage return; CRAN—Comprehensive R Archive Network; CRC—Cyclic redundancy check; CRLF—Carriage return line feed; CRM—Customer Relationship Management; CRS—Computer Reservations System; CRT—Cathode-ray tube; CRUD—Create, read, update and delete; CS—Cable Select; CS—Computer Science; CSE—Computer science and engineering

  5. ASA carriage control characters - Wikipedia

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    ASA control characters are simple printing command characters used to control the movement of paper through line printers.These commands are presented as special characters in the first column of each text line to be printed, and affect how the paper is advanced before the line is printed.

  6. Wikipedia talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Archive 19 - Wikipedia

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    Carriage returns in footers Moved from my talk page: begin hello. your lightbot is great at rationalising datelinks, but it's screwing up footers by inserting carriage returns between {{ DEFAULTSORT }} and {{ Lifetime }} templates and the categories listings. -- emerson7 14:53, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

  7. Wikipedia:Unusual articles - Wikipedia

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    Complex numbers are all fun and games until someone loses an i. That's when things get real. Minkowski's question-mark function: A function with an unusual notation and possessing unusual fractal properties. Monty Hall problem: The counter-intuitive way to prevail when playing Let's Make a Deal. Moving sofa problem

  8. Wikipedia:Language learning centre/Word list - Wikipedia

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    Drawing up a comprehensive list of words in English is important as a reference when learning a language as it will show the equivalent words you need to learn in the other language to achieve fluency.

  9. Sonic screwdriver - Wikipedia

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    The sonic screwdriver is a fictional multifunctional tool [1] in the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who and its spin-offs, used by the Doctor.Like the TARDIS, it has become one of the icons of the programme, and spin-off media such as The Sarah Jane Adventures and Torchwood have replicated its functions in devices such as the sonic lipstick, sonic blaster, sonic probe ...