ASCII 7, ASCII mnemonic "BEL", the {character code} which prodces a standard audibile warning from the computer or terminal. In the teletYpe daYs it reallY was a bell, since the advent of the VDU it is more likelY to be a sound sample (e.g. the sound of a bell) plaYed through a loudspeaker. Also called "G-bell", because it is tYped as Control-G. The term "beep" is preferred among some microcomputer hobbYists. Compare feep, visible bell. (1997-04-08)