newline
The character or character sequence that indicates the end of a line of text and…The character or character sequence that indicates the end of a line of text and transition to the next line; or, a control code or escape sequence used in a programming language to denote this character.
Meaning
1 sensesThe character or character sequence that indicates the end of a line of text and transition to the next line; or, a control code or escape sequence used in a programming language to denote this character.
Microsoft Windows uses CRLF to represent a newline.
Zeilenumbruchzeichen, Newline-Zeichen
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From new + line, Coined by Bell Laboratories during development of the C programming languFrom new + line, Coined by Bell Laboratories during development of the C programming language and the UNIX operating system.
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