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In Computing , a non-breaking space ('''NBSP''') is a special Space Character that prevents an automatic line break ( Line Wrap ) at its position. It is also known as a ''' Hard Space ''' or '''fixed space'''. It can also be used to get multiple spaces in a row in systems like HTML that reduce sequences of normal spaces to a single space.

The difference between a NBSP and a normal space is that, when a string including the NBSP comes at the end of the line, and is too long to fit, it will move the whole string to the next line (including the strings that the NBSP connects to). This is analogous to how normal strings wrap. For example, the string "ambidextrously" will never be "broken", and neither will the string "am bi dextrous ly" (ie. "am bi dextrous ly").


ENCODINGS

  • In Unicode , it is U+00A0 and is called the No-Break Space.

  • In ISO/IEC 8859 , NBSP is 0xA0.

  • In KOI8-R , NBSP is 0x9A.

  • In EBCDIC , it is 0x41 and is called the No-Break Space.

  • In some versions of Extended ASCII , character 255 (0xFF) serves as a nonbreaking space.

  • In HTML , the entity is written as   or   or  .

  • In TeX , a Tilde (~) is used to denote the hard space.


Word Processor s may use different methods to enter a nonbreaking space on the Keyboard .
For examples:

Under the Mac OS , the shortcut is OPTION+SPACE.