carriage return
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carriage return
noun carriage returns
- On a typewriter or computer printer, the action that returns it to the beginning of the next line.
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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).
[…] but it also reduces the likelihood of the "unterminated string literal" error message that can easily occur for seemingly trivial reasons when you're working with long strings — an accidental carriage return or a misnested quotation mark is all it takes.
Similar: mul:\r
- The key or lever that initiates the carriage return action (on a typewriter) or generates the carriage return character (on a computer).
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noun The action on a typewriter or printer that returns it to the beginning of the line
| Español | retorno de carro |
|---|---|
| Français | retour chariot |
| Deutsch | Wagenrücklauf |
noun (computing) The carriage return control character (0x0D in ASCII)
| Français | retour chariot |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Wagenrücklaufzeichen |
noun The key which initiates a carriage return action or generates the carriage return control character
| Français | entrée |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Wagenrücklauf |
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