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line feed
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Princeton's WordNet
line feednoun
the operation that prepares for the next character to be printed or displayed on the next line
Wiktionary
line feednoun
On a typewriter, the action of the carriage roller to push the page up one, two or one and a half lines (as set elsewhere) when executing a carriage return.
line feednoun
The character (0x0a in ASCII) which advances the paper by one line in a teletype or printer, or moves the cursor to the next line on a display.
line feedverb
To advance the page one line at a time, particularly in rapid succession.
Wikipedia
line feed
Newline (frequently called line ending, end of line (EOL), next line (NEL) or line break) is a control character or sequence of control characters in character encoding specifications such as ASCII, EBCDIC, Unicode, etc. This character, or a sequence of characters, is used to signify the end of a line of text and the start of a new one.
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line feed
A line feed is a type of control character in a computer's text data that indicates the end of a line and advancement to the next line. It's often used in programming or web development to start a new line of code or text. The term originates from old printing terminals where the action of moving to the next line was called a 'line feed'. It is commonly represented as '\n' in many programming languages.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of line feed in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of line feed in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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