information separator
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information separator
[‚in·fər′mā·shən ′sep·ə‚rād·ər] (computer science)
A character that separates items or fields of information in a record, especially a variable-length record.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.