What does Ctrl+c mean in linux console

what does Ctrl+c mean in Linux console.

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Yes, It takes me to next line, a new line in linux console. I wanted to know its purpose in jupyter and other commands that comes with Ctrl.

In Linux, Ctrl + c is used to kill the process

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i wanted to know the difference between touch and nano command. I learnt that touch was used to create an empty file , however, in chaining unix commands, touch was used to create a similar file , I am a little confused regarding this.

Second, why can’t we create a hard link to the directory