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More on Control Codes

As the post modern internet arrived, many of the ASCII control codes became obsolete as tgheir protocol handling nature was superseeded by the signalling layer of X.25 and the TCP/IP stack. The rest of this page descibes assignment that would be more suitable and indicative of the type of control needed for a human to computer control layer rather than the origional ASCII intent of a data link PPP control layer.

More Modern Embeddable Control Code Assignments

  • @ - NUL - NUL - Still useful.
  • A - UHS - Up Hierarchy Select - eventually a select all but more useful.
  • B - FNT - FoNT - may have good functionality in a modern terminal besides bold.
  • C - CPY - CoPY - a modern look.
  • D - MRK - MaRK - mark a completion or favorite for later recall on an index.
  • E - SCH - SearCH - perform search and result insert.
  • F - TUP - Thumbs UP - useful.
  • G - NFY - NotiFY - make some kind of notification or chat/progress message(s) appear.
  • H - BS - BackSpace - as it always usefully has been.
  • I - HT - Horizontal Tabulate - as it always usefully has been.
  • J - LF - Line Feed - as it always usefully has been.
  • K - COA - Vertical Tabulate - as it always usefully has been.
  • L - IDX - InDeX - make or recall an index.
  • M - CR - Carriage Return - as it always usefully has been.
  • N - NWI - NeW Insert - allows a little more functionality.
  • O - OII - Open Include Insert - allows a little more functionality.
  • P - TUX - TUX - go all old skool Linux terminal in the data medium.
  • Q - QUE - QUE - finalize and export.
  • R - RCL - ReCalL - see if anything is changed since the last time look.
  • S - SAV - SAVe - perhaps some extended functionality.
  • T - TRE - TReE - multitask or branch switch.
  • U - TDN - Thumbs DowN - perhaps some extended functionality.
  • V - PST - PaSTe - perhaps some extended functionality.
  • W - KEY - KEY - checksums and balances.
  • X - CCN - Cut CaNcel - perhaps some extended functionality.
  • Y - ARC - ARChive - apply security and data management data minification for later recovery.
  • Z - UND - UNDo - attempt a time reversal to a previous logged state.
  • [ - ESC - ESCape - a prefix for prevention of interpretation and applying an alternate meaning of the following.
  • \ - ECO - ECOlogy - the top level meaning.
  • ] - BIO - BIOlogy - the upper mid level meaning.
  • ^ - CHM - CHeMistry - the lower mid level meaning.
  • _ - PHY - PHYsics - the bottom level meaning.