Bell
<character>
ASCII 7, ASCII
mnemonic "BEL", the character code which prodces a standard audibile warning from the computer or
terminal.
In the
teletype days it really was a bell, since the advent of the
VDU it is more likely to be a sound sample (e.g. the sound of a bell) played through a loudspeaker.
Also called "G-bell", because it is typed as Control-G.
The term "beep" is preferred among some
microcomputer hobbyists.
Compare
feep,
visible bell.
