newline

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newline

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From new + line, Coined by Bell Laboratories during development of the C programming language and the UNIX operating system.

noun newlines

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. Microsoft Windows uses CRLF to represent a newline.

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Español	nueva línea
Français	fin de ligne, saut de ligne
Deutsch	Zeilenumbruchzeichen, Newline-Zeichen

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"newline." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/newline. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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newline. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/newline

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"newline." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/newline.

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@misc{newline_2026,
  title = {newline},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/newline},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}