Definition of CARRIAGE RETURN (Meaning of CARRIAGE RETURN) in the Online Dictionary



WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] the operation that prepares for the next character to be printed or displayed as the first character on a line

	See Also:	printing operation

Computing Dictionary

	Definition:	(CR, Control-M, ascii 13) The character which causes the cursor to move to the left margin, often used with line feed to start a new line of output. Encoded in c and unix as "\r".