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(1) A small blip printed on or notched into various storage media used for timing or counting purposes. (2) To identify a block of text in order to perform some task on it such as deletion,...
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Definition: mark
(1) A small blip printed on or notched into various storage media used for timing or counting purposes.
(2) To identify a block of text in order to perform some task on it such as deletion, copying and moving.
(3) To identify an item for future reference.
(4) In digital electronics, a 1 bit. Contrast with space.
(5) On magnetic disk, a recorded character used to identify the beginning of a track.
(6) In optical recognition and mark sensing, a pencil line in a preprinted box.
(7) On magnetic tape, a tape mark is a special character that is recorded after the last character of data.
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