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Definition of Carriage return
1. Noun. The operation that prepares for the next character to be printed or displayed as the first character on a line.
Generic synonyms: Printing Operation
Definition of Carriage return
1. Noun. On a typewriter or computer printer, the action that returns it to the beginning of the line. ¹
2. Noun. (computing) 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. ¹
3. Noun. The key or lever that initiates the carriage return action (on a typewriter) or generates the carriage return character (on a computer) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Carriage Return
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