carriage return
carriage return · carriage returns
Wagenrücklauf, Wagenrücklaufzeichen
On a typewriter or computer printer, the action that returns it to the beginning of…On a typewriter or computer printer, the action that returns it to the beginning of the next line.
Meaning
3 sensesOn a typewriter or computer printer, the action that returns it to the beginning of the next line.
Wagenrücklauf
The control character (0x0D in ASCII, abbreviated as CR) that originally signaled a device to perform a carriage return, but now merely indicates the end of a line of text (newline).
Wagenrücklaufzeichen, Wagenrücklauf
The key or lever that initiates the carriage return action (on a typewriter) or generates the carriage return character (on a computer).
More definitions
- the operation that prepares for the next character to be printed or displayed as the first character on a line
Translations
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By meaning 2
The action on a typewriter or printer that returns it to the beginning of the line:
(computing) The carriage return control character (0x0D in ASCII):
Forms
plural: carriage returns| Singular | carriage return |
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regular
Synonyms
1 synonymsmul:\r