line feed

See also: linefeed

English

Noun

line feed (plural line feeds)

On a typewriter, the action of the carriage roller to push the page up one or more lines when executing a carriage return.
(computing) 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.

Translations

computing: the character which advances the paper by one line or moves cursor to the next line

Finnish: rivinsiirto
German: Zeilenvorschub m

Icelandic: línuskiptastafur m
Turkish: satır atlatma, satır besleme

Verb

line feed (third-person singular simple present line feeds, present participle line feeding, simple past and past participle line fed)

To advance the page one line at a time, particularly in rapid succession.

Anagrams

feedline

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