escape character

短语

[计] 扩展符; 转义字符; 换码符

词形变化

escape characters 复数 escape characters

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A single metacharacter, usually a control code, which in a sequence of characters signifies that what is to follow takes an alternative interpretation. The term escape sequence refers to the escape character and the subsequent character or characters so modified.

    转义字符

    媒体 计算机 工程 数学

    In the C programming language, the backslash is an escape character; for example, \n represents a newline.

词源

From escape + character.

来源：wiktionary