English Dictionary

escape character

名詞

(computing, telecommunications) 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.

日本語の意味

コンピュータや通信分野で、文字列内の次に続く文字列を通常とは異なる方法で解釈させるために用いられる特殊な制御文字。

When reading serial data, the parser treated the backslash as an escape character to signal that the following bytes formed a special sequence.

シリアルデータを読み取る際、パーサーはバックスラッシュをエスケープ文字として扱い、続くバイトが特別なシーケンスであることを示しました。

意味（1）

(computing, telecommunications) 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.

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

escape characters （ plural ）