Escape sequence

{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-002077",
  "term": "Escape sequence",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "A series of characters in a programming language or data stream that begins with an escape character and is interpreted as a single control command or special character. This allows for the representation of non-printable characters or the modification of output formatting. Common escape sequences include \"\\n\" for a newline and \"\\t\" for a tab.",
  "subject": "Electrical engineering",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Escape-Sequenz",
    "es": "secuencia de escape",
    "fr": "séquence d'échappement"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/escape-sequence/"
}