CARRIAGE RETURN - Definition

WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] the operation that prepares for the next character to be printed or displayed as the first character on a line

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	See Also:	printing operation

Computing Dictionary

	Definition:	(CR, Control-M, ASCII 13) The character which causes the cursor to move to the left margin, often used with line feed to start a new line of output. Encoded in C and Unix as "\r".