delimiter character
1Delimiter — This article is about delimiters in computing. For delimiters in written human languages, see interword separation. A stylistic depiction of a fragment from a CSV formatted text file. The commas (shown in red) are used as field delimiters. A… …
2Delimiter-separated values — Formats that use delimiter separated values (also DSV)[1] store two dimensional arrays of data by separating the values in each row with specific delimiter characters. Most database and spreadsheet programs are able to read or save data in a… …
3delimiter — 1. Any special character that separates individual items in a data set or file. For example, in a comma delimited file, the comma is placed between each data value as the delimiter. 2. In a token ring network, a delimiter is a bit pattern… …
4delimiter — /di lim i teuhr/, n. Computers. a blank space, comma, or other character or symbol that indicates the beginning or end of a character string, word, or data item. [1960 65; DELIMIT + ER1] * * * …
5delimiter — noun Date: 1958 a character that marks the beginning or end of a unit of data …
6Delimiter — An ISO term. A character(s) used for syntactical separation of data …
7delimiter — de•lim•it•er [[t]dɪˈlɪm ɪ tər[/t]] n. cmp a character or space indicating the beginning or end of a piece of computer data • Etymology: 1960–65 …
8delimiter — The character that marks the boundary between fields or the end of a record in a software program …
9delimiter — I. (ˈ)dē, də̇+ noun ( s) : one that delimits II. noun : a character that marks the beginning or end of a unit of data (as on a magnetic tape) …
10Escape character — In computing and telecommunication, an escape character is a character which invokes an alternative interpretation on subsequent characters in a character sequence. An escape character is a particular case of metacharacters. Generally, the… …