Introduction When an ordinary man looks at a printed document or a web page, he can call the spaces that do not have text or pictures, white space. These spaces are actually blank spaces; they do not have to be white in color. On a computer screen, some of these spaces have characters and a programmer have to be conscious of which character creates a particular type of white space. The meaning of these characters and their particular type of white spaces are listed and explained in this article.... Sign in to see full entry.