ESCAPE SEQUENCE

Domain	Definition
Computing	Escape sequence (Or "escape code") A series of characters starting with the escape character (ASCII 27). Escape sequences are often used to control display devices such as VDUs. An escape sequence might change the colour of subsequent text, reassign keys on the keyboard, change printer settings or reposition the cursor. The escape sequences of the DEC vt100 video terminal have become a de facto standard for this purpose. The term is also used for any sequence of characters that temporarily suspends normal processing of a stream of characters to perform some special function. For example, the Hayes modem uses the sequence "+++" to escape to command mode in which characters are interpreted as commands to the modem itself rather than as data to pass through. [Was the character named after this use or vice versa?] (1997-11-27). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Frequency of Internet Keywords: ESCAPE SEQUENCE

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Anagrams: ESCAPE SEQUENCE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-c-e-e-e-e-e-n-p-q-s-s-u"
	-5 letters: sequences.
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Alternative Orthography: ESCAPE SEQUENCE

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

45 53 43 41 50 45 53 45 51 55 45 4E 43 45

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000101 01010011 01000011 01000001 01010000 01000101 00100000 01010011 01000101 01010001 01010101 01000101 01001110 01000011 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#83 &#67 &#65 &#80 &#69 &#32 &#83 &#69 &#81 &#85 &#69 &#78 &#67 &#69

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 0053 0043 0041 0050 0045 0053 0045 0051 0055 0045 004E 0043 0045

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

Expression	Frequency per Day
escape sequence	10
ansi escape sequence	8
1100 escape sequence	6
escape sequence terminal	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

ESCAPE SEQUENCE

Specialty Definition: ESCAPE SEQUENCE

Computing

Frequency of Internet Keywords: ESCAPE SEQUENCE

escape sequence

ansi escape sequence

1100 escape sequence

escape sequence terminal

Anagrams: ESCAPE SEQUENCE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Alternative Orthography: ESCAPE SEQUENCE

45 53 43 41 50 45 53 45 51 55 45 4E 43 45

01000101 01010011 01000011 01000001 01010000 01000101 00100000 01010011 01000101 01010001 01010101 01000101 01001110 01000011 01000101

&#69 &#83 &#67 &#65 &#80 &#69 &#32 &#83 &#69 &#81 &#85 &#69 &#78 &#67 &#69

0045 0053 0043 0041 0050 0045 0053 0045 0051 0055 0045 004E 0043 0045

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