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APPENDIX B: Nonprinting ASCII Codes
Key Abrv.
Name
Description
16
P
DLE
Data Link Escape
Shifts into a different set of control
codes.
17
Q
DC1
Device Control 1
A variable.
18
R
DC2
Device Control 2
A variable.
19
S
DC3
Device Control 3
A variable.
20
T
DC4
Device Control 4
A variable.
21
U
NAK
Negative ACK
Used by remote to answer Negative to
host. Opposite of ACK.
22
V
SYN
Synchronous Idle
Used as a “pad” in certain types of
synchronous serial transmissions.
23
W
ETB
End Trans. Block
Signals end of block sent by host.
24
X
CAN
Cancel
Disregard last line of data and return to
mutually agreed restart point.
25
Y
EM
End of Medium
Signals last character on this medium.
26
Z
SUB
Substitute
Sometimes used as a fill character in
fixed-length fields; also used to indicate
garbled data.
27
[
ESC
Escape
Often used to break a transmission or
to introduce special sequences of
control characters.
28
\
FS
File Separator
Allows files to be sorted by character
lower than “space” in collating
sequence.
29
]
GS
Group Separator
Similar to FS.
30
=
RS
Record Separator
Similar to FS.
31
-
US
Unit Separator
Similar to FS. Lowest order of
separators, not counting SP.