bell
<character> ASCII 7, ASCII mnemonic "BEL", the character code which
prodces a standard audibile warning from the computer or terminal. In the
teletype days it really was a bell, since the advent of the VDU it is more
likely to be a sound sample (e.g. the sound of a bell) played through a
loudspeaker.
Also called "G-bell", because it is typed as Control-G.
The term "beep" is preferred among some microcomputer hobbyists.
Compare feep, visible bell.
(1997-04-08)
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