ESC

ESC definition - telecom
A code-extension character used to indicate a change in code interpretation to another character set, according to some convention or agreement.This is much like the use of the shift key in Baudot code to indicate a shift between figures and characters. 15.

Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary Copyright © 2008 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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