page down

See also: Page Down

English

Etymology

From the Page Down key on a keyboard that performs this function.

Verb

page down (third-person singular simple present pages down, present participle paging down, simple past and past participle paged down)

  1. (computing) To scroll down to the next page of content.
    As I paged down through the year-old comments, I came to one young man's posting, in which he casually mentioned that he was looking for a boyfriend.
    Antonym: page up

Synonyms
  • scroll down
  • scroll up (Emacs and old IBM system)
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