START OF GUARDED AREA
| Codepoint | U+0096 |
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Control Character |
| Block | C1 Controls and Latin-1 Supplement (Latin-1 Supplement) |
| Sub-Block | C1 controls |
| Category | Cc / Other, control |
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| Description | The "Start of Guarded Protected Area, Start of Protected Area, Start of Guarded Area" (SPA) control character was used in the 1970s for controlling printers and displays (e.g. VT100). Starts a string of character positions that can't be altered manually or transmitted. Optionally protects against erasure too. EPA will end the string. |
| How to type "" in Windows? | hold alt type + type 96 release alt |
| How to type "" in Linux? | hold ctrl+shift type U 96 release ctrl+shift |