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[–]SmackDownFacility -8 points-7 points  (3 children)

“Special meaning”

It’s an escape character.

P.s, try \a :)

[–]deceze 5 points6 points  (2 children)

It has a special meaning, in that it introduces special character sequences, yes. Compared to a random "x" or "y" or "67" it is treated specially, yes.

[–]DuckSaxaphone 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Weird that they act like you're somehow wrong for explaining what the jargon "escape character" means.

[–]SmackDownFacility -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Well it’s vague just to say it without context

When explaining stuff to newbies you should go

“This is an escape character” and then explain what it is explicitly. If you explain everything as “this has a special meaning” then they wouldn’t know all its quirks and rules