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altmode

noun

Definitions

  1. An escape character used as a data terminator in certain systems, sometimes displayed on…

    An escape character used as a data terminator in certain systems, sometimes displayed on screen as a dollar sign.

    • The dollar sign is preferable since the altmode is a non-printing character.
    • The altmode acts as a terminator for each element of data.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for altmode. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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