" " is the HTML encoding for a non-breaking space, which is a space that doesn't get removed by the browser on rendering.

If you see this on a page (and not source code) it could mean the server got " " from the database and encoded it before it sent it to the browser so it showed up in the page.

In the example below, bobby copied and pasted his story, but a bug caused the indentation to turn into multiple  
Conversation log:

Bobby: Here's a shitty story I wrote
Bobby:     Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nam imperdiet ante sit amet turpis vulputate rhoncus. Donec viverra felis sem, et feugiat augue tincidunt id. Maecenas a risus id turpis fermentum eleifend a et lorem. Duis vitae pulvinar ligula. Donec vel nisi sed sem feugiat porttitor id sit amet nisi.
Hank: Bobby, what the fuck does " " mean?
by AmericanNaziParty October 5, 2013
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Acronym for No Bull Sh!t Please
Whenever I text my sister with a bunch of smilies and she responds with "Hi,nbsp" because she is busy. I ignore her nbsp request and send her the same message two hundred more times!
by A-Shweez June 21, 2007
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never been so pissed

(pissed = drunk;intoxicated)
Sally was partying on holidays so hard she let us know that it was great and nbsp
by christian dedfoe July 22, 2006
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  is the standard web code of a space
by mad at the world February 28, 2003
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an acronym for "no blowing sick people".
nasty you blew grant" "yaa why?" "daaaaamn NBSP
by WInThropSligG69 November 5, 2010
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