enquiry character


enquiry character

[in′kwīr·ē ‚kar·ik·tər] (computer science) A control character used to request a response from receiving equipment.

enquiry character

In communications, a control character that is transmitted to request a response from the receiving station. In ASCII code, the enquiry ("enq") character is hex 05; in EBCDIC, it is 2D. See ASCII chart and EBCDIC.