control character

code point in a character set, that does not represent a written symbol
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control character

Summary

control character ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (401 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • control character's GND ID is recorded as 4555289-7[2].
  • control character's subclass of is recorded as character[3].
  • control character's has use is recorded as in-band signaling[4].
  • control character's has use is recorded as control[5].
  • control character's has part is recorded as C0 and C1 control codes[6].
  • control character's has part is recorded as Unicode control character[7].
  • control character's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01m8w[8].
  • control character's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Control characters[9].
  • control character's partially coincident with is recorded as reserved character[10].
  • control character's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/control-characters[11].
  • control character's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2781398145[12].
  • control character's KBpedia ID is recorded as ControlCharacterFreeString[13].
  • control character's Dictionary of Archives Terminology ID is recorded as control-character[14].

Why It Matters

control character ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (401 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). control character. Retrieved October 1, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/control-character
MLA “control character.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 1 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/control-character.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_control-character_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{control character}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/control-character}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-01}}
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