Usually means: Character signaling alternative interpretation follows.
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  2. Escape character: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (escape character)

noun:  (computing, telecommunications) A single metacharacter, usually a control code, which in a sequence of characters signifies that what is to follow takes an alternative interpretation. The term escape sequence refers to the escape character and the subsequent character or characters so modified.

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