Carriage-return Definition
noun
On a typewriter or computer printer, the action that returns it to the beginning of the line.
Wiktionary
(computing) 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.
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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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Other Word Forms of Carriage-return
Noun
Singular:
carriage-return
Plural:
carriage-returns
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