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Encyclopedia > Bell character

Bell character is an ASCII control character, code 7 (^G). When it is sent to a printer or a terminal, nothing is printed, but an audible signal is emitted instead. Terminal emulator windows often flash briefly to show the user where the alert occurred. There are 95 printable ASCII characters, numbered 32 to 126. ... In computing, a control character or non-printing character, is a code point (a number) in a character set that does not in itself represent a written symbol. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... A computer terminal is an electronic or electromechanical hardware device that is used for entering data into, and displaying data from, a computer or a computing system. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...


A bell code also exists in Baudot code, which has been used in teleprinters in some form since 1874. Sending a bell code would get the attention of the teleprinter operator at the other end of the line. The Baudot code, named after its inventor Émile Baudot, is a character set predating EBCDIC and ASCII and used originally and primarily on teleprinters. ... Teletype machines in World War II A teleprinter (teletypewriter, teletype or TTY) is a now largely obsolete electro-mechanical typewriter which can be used to communicate typed messages from point to point through a simple electrical communications channel, often just a pair of wires. ... 1874 (MDCCCLXXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...


In the C programming language, the bell character is represented as 'a' ("alert" or "audible"). Wikibooks has a book on the topic of C Programming The C programming language (often, just C) is a general-purpose, procedural, imperative computer programming language developed in the early 1970s by Dennis Ritchie for use on the Unix operating system. ...


In the Windows Command prompt, the user can type the word "echo" followed by a CTRL+G, which will appear as Microsoft Windows is a family of operating systems by Microsoft. ... Command Prompt on Windows XP. A command prompt (or just prompt) is a character or string of characters used in a command line interface to indicate that the computer is ready to accept typed input. ...


echo ^G


and when the user presses enter, the computer will emit a beep sound. Look up beep in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...


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Katie Bell : character info (2637 words)
Very busy and forgetful, Thomas generally had to leave a lot of the specifics of child rearing to his wife Marie; as his occupation as a Quidditch coach took him on travels a lot of the time while his kids were growing up.
She’s generally just happy to accept herself the way she is. She has long and blonde hair that she usually adorns in a ponytail, and almond-shaped brown eyes that complete the overall warmth of her face.
Though the couple, a housewife-writer and a Quidditch-player-turned-coach, had been happy rearing boys, they were unexpectedly happy to receive their first and only baby daughter, and despite their best efforts, Katie was instantly treated far differently than her older brothers.
Martha McFarlane (6145 words)
Bell from the time she took that name until her death, related to me several additional facts, all of which were about as illustrative of her character as the above, and some of which were, on other accounts, even more interesting and important to the patriot or the historian.
Bell to have such haughty and profane men in her house and such a rude soldiery round about it; but the presence of Lord Cornwallis protected her from any gross insult, and, in fact, none of them seemed disposed to treat her with as much rudeness even as they had treated Mrs.
Thus, by her fearlessness and decision of character, her uncommon energy and promptness of action, she saved the life of a venerable and beloved parent, and showed that she was no less affectionate as a daughter, than she was ardent and patriotic as a citizen.
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