altmode

English

Noun

altmode (plural altmodes)

  1. (computing, historical) An escape character used as a data terminator in certain systems, sometimes displayed on screen as a dollar sign.
    • 1971, Technical Bulletin (issue 133, page 2)
      The dollar sign is preferable since the altmode is a non-printing character.
    • 1973, Madeline M. Henderson, ‎United States. Federal Library Committee, Interactive Bibliographic Systems: Proceedings... (page 60)
      The altmode acts as a terminator for each element of data.
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