充じゅう填てん文も字じ

noun

fill character

A character used to occupy a position in a data field when no meaningful data is present, such as padding in fixed-length records.

• 固こ定てい長ちょうファイルでは、足たりない部ぶ分ぶんに充じゅう填てん文も字じを入いれる。

  In fixed-length files, fill characters are inserted where data is missing.