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carriage return noun

  • On a typewriter or computer printer, the action that returns it to the beginning of the next line.
  • (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 (newline).
 retour chariot
  • The key or lever that initiates the carriage return action (on a typewriter) or generates the carriage return character (on a computer).
 retour chariot, entrée
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