CONTROL-V

In computing, 'Control-V' is a control character in ASCII code, also known as the 'synchronous idle' ('SYN') character. It is generated by pressing the 'V' key while holding down the 'Ctrl' key on a computer keyboard.
In many GUI environments, control-V can be used to paste text from the clipboard into the presently selected field. On Macintosh computers, Command-V is used instead, where the 'V' key is pressed while holding down the Command key on the keyboard.
Control-V was one of a handful of keyboard sequences chosen by the program designers at Xerox PARC to control text editing. Presumably these particular keystrokes were chosen because of their location on a standard QWERTY keyboard, since the Z (undo), X (cut), C (copy), and V (paste) keys are located together at the left end of the bottom row of the standard QWERTY keyboard. Such usage continues today in many GUI environments (including Microsoft Windows and Mac OS) and word processing software.
IBM Input/output devices utilizing the bisync link protocol use the 'SYN' character code to signal the beginning of each data frame transmitted.

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★ ASCII and Unicode representation of "Synchronous Idle":

★ : Octal code: 26

★ : Decimal code: 22

★ : Hexadecimal code: 16, U+0016

★ : Mnemonic symbol: SYN

See also

★ Control-C

★ Control-X

★ Control-Z