whitespace

<character>

(From the colour it produces on white paper) Any contiguous sequence of spaces, tabs, carriage returns, and/or line feeds. Whitespace might also possibly include form feed characters. The term is common on Unix.

See also non-printing character.

Last updated: 1996-09-04

Nearby terms:

white point ♦ Whitesmiths style ♦ whitespace ♦ white trash ♦ WHNF ♦ whois

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