Definition of "carriage return" []

• On a typewriter or computer printer, the action that returns it to the beginning of the line. (noun)
• 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. (noun)
• The key or lever that initiates the carriage return action (on a typewriter) or generates the carriage return character (on a computer) (noun)

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