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On a typewriter or computer printer, the action that returns it to the beginning of the next line.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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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).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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Synonyms: mul:\r
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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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the operation that prepares for the next character to be printed or displayed as the first character on a line
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: printing operation
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Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Dutch:
wagenterugloop
— The action on a typewriter or printer that returns it to the beginning of the line
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Esperanto:
ĉaretreveno
— The action on a typewriter or printer that returns it to the beginning of the line
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Finnish:
telanpalautus
— The action on a typewriter or printer that returns it to the beginning of the line
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French:
retour chariot
— The action on a typewriter or printer that returns it to the beginning of the line
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German:
Wagenrücklauf
— The action on a typewriter or printer that returns it to the beginning of the line
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Icelandic:
vending
— The action on a typewriter or printer that returns it to the beginning of the line
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Polish:
powrót karetki
— The action on a typewriter or printer that returns it to the beginning of the line
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Spanish:
retorno de carro
— The action on a typewriter or printer that returns it to the beginning of the line
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Swedish:
vagnretur
— The action on a typewriter or printer that returns it to the beginning of the line
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Swedish:
vagnåterföring
— The action on a typewriter or printer that returns it to the beginning of the line
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Afrikaans:
wa-terugloop
— (computing) The carriage return control character (0x0D in ASCII)
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Esperanto:
ĉaretreveno
— (computing) The carriage return control character (0x0D in ASCII)
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Finnish:
vaununpalautus
— (computing) The carriage return control character (0x0D in ASCII)
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Finnish:
telanpalautus
— (computing) The carriage return control character (0x0D in ASCII)
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French:
retour chariot
— (computing) The carriage return control character (0x0D in ASCII)
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German:
Wagenrücklaufzeichen
— (computing) The carriage return control character (0x0D in ASCII)
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Polish:
powrót karetki
— (computing) The carriage return control character (0x0D in ASCII)
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Swedish:
vagnretur
— (computing) The carriage return control character (0x0D in ASCII)
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Finnish:
telanpalautus
— The key which initiates a carriage return action or generates the carriage return control character
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French:
entrée
— The key which initiates a carriage return action or generates the carriage return control character
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German:
Wagenrücklauf
— The key which initiates a carriage return action or generates the carriage return control character
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Polish:
powrót karetki
— The key which initiates a carriage return action or generates the carriage return control character
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Swedish:
vagnretur
— The key which initiates a carriage return action or generates the carriage return control character
