Meaning carriage return
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carriage return


The or key on your keyboard. On-line commands often must be followed by .
Source: math.utah.edu

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carriage return


Often abbreviated CR, a carriage return is a special code that moves the cursor (or print head) to the beginning of the current line. In the ASCII character set, a carriage return has a decimal value [..]
Source: webopedia.com

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carriage return


a pair of ASCII codes, 13 and 10, that tell a terminal or printer to return to the beginning of the line and advance to the next line.
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In early typewriters, a carriage return was made by a lever that pushed the carriage to the left to begin a new line. Eventually typewriters refined this lever to a key pressed with the little finger, [..]
Source: computeruser.com

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carriage return


On a typewriter or computer printer, the action that returns it to the beginning of the line. (computing) The control character (0x0D in ASCII, abbreviated as CR) that originally signaled a device [..]
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