Usually means: Special characters with unique meanings.
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  1. metacharacter: Wiktionary
  2. metacharacter: Dictionary.com
  3. Metacharacter: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. Metacharacter: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (metacharacter)

▸ noun:  (computing) A character used to signify something other than its literal form, such as the asterisk when used as a wildcard.

Similar:
special character, control character, char, escape character, combining character, base character, charstring, reference, character, pseudocharacter, more...

Opposite:
literal, non-metacharacter, regular character

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Similar:
special character, control character, char, escape character, combining character, base character, charstring, reference, character, pseudocharacter, more...

Opposite:
literal, non-metacharacter, regular character



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