| Subject | English | German |
| comp., MS | control escape sequence | Escapesequenz für Steuerzeichen (In regular expressions, a backslash followed by the letter "c" followed by one of the letters "a" through "z" or "A" through 'Z'. It matches the ASCII control character that is named by that letter) |
| comp., MS | escape sequence | Escapesequenz (A character combination consisting of an escape character, usually a backslash, followed by a letter or by a combination of digits) |
| phys. | escape sequence | Escape-Sequenz |
| comp., MS | hexadecimal escape sequence | Escapesequenz für Hexadezimalzahlen (In regular expressions, a backslash followed by the letter "x" followed by a sequence of hexadecimal digits. It matches a character in the target sequence that has the value that is specified by the two digits) |
| comp., MS | octal escape sequence | Escapesequenz für Oktalzahlen (In regular expressions, a backslash followed by one, two, or three octal digits (0-7). It matches a character in the target sequence that has the value that is specified by those digits) |
| comp., MS | unicode escape sequence | Escapesequenz für Unicodezeichen (In regular expressions, a backslash followed by the letter "u" followed by four hexadecimal digits. It matches a character in the target sequence that has the value that is specified by the four digits) |