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13.1.7 Character Names
  
The following character names must be present in all conforming implementations: 
- Newline  
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The character that represents the division between lines. An implementation must translate between #\Newline, a single-character representation, and whatever external representation(s) may be used. 
 
- Space  
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The space or blank character. 
The following names are semi-standard; if an implementation supports them, they should be used for the described characters and no others. 
- Rubout  
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The rubout or delete character. 
 
- Page  
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The form-feed or page-separator character. 
 
- Tab  
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The tabulate character. 
 
- Backspace  
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The backspace character. 
 
- Return  
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The carriage return character. 
 
- Linefeed  
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The line-feed character. 
In some implementations, one or more of these character names might denote a standard character; for example, #\Linefeed and #\Newline might be the same character in some implementations. 
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