Unicode Character

DEVICE CONTROL TWO

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U+0012

U+0012 is a C0 control character known as Device Control Two (DC2). It was originally intended to send hardware-specific commands to peripheral devices.

Block

Basic Latin

Category

Control

Unicode label

U+0012

Canonical URL

/basic-latin/device-control-two

Nearby characters in this block

Adjacent canonical character links in the current block.

LINE FEED (LF)

U+000A

LINE TABULATION

U+000B

FORM FEED (FF)

U+000C

CARRIAGE RETURN (CR)

U+000D



SHIFT OUT

U+000E



SHIFT IN

U+000F



DATA LINK ESCAPE

U+0010



DEVICE CONTROL ONE

U+0011



DEVICE CONTROL THREE

U+0013



DEVICE CONTROL FOUR

U+0014



NEGATIVE ACKNOWLEDGE

U+0015



SYNCHRONOUS IDLE

U+0016



END OF TRANSMISSION BLOCK

U+0017



CANCEL

U+0018



END OF MEDIUM

U+0019



SUBSTITUTE

U+001A