escape sequence
nounA special set of characters that tells a computer to do something different, like start a new line.
In many programming languages, the escape sequence \n makes the text move to a new line.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. In terminal emulation, a sequence of characters beginning with the escape character that controls cursor movement or screen formatting.
The program sent an escape sequence to clear the terminal screen.
3. In regular expressions, a backslash followed by a character that changes the character's special meaning.
The escape sequence \. matches a literal dot instead of any character.
4. In data serialization, a coded sequence used to represent characters that would otherwise be ambiguous or unprintable.
The JSON parser interpreted the escape sequence \" as a quotation mark inside the string.