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newline

The English word “newline” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. The character or character sequence that indicates the end of a line of text and transition to the next line; or, a control code or escape sequence used in a programming language to denote this character.

Etymology

From new + line, Coined by Bell Laboratories during development of the C programming language and the UNIX operating system.

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