newline
- noun
- /ˈnuːˌlaɪn/
- Specialized
- When writing text files, each newline indicates the end of a line and the start of a new one.
Examples
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Listen, Wang, now, we got a great newline on this shale oil technology.
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Before I could insert newlines and send messages by using Ctrl-Enter and Enter; now it's just either Enter to send a message with no obvious way to insert a newline or Enter for a newline and Ctrl-Enter to send.
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But I do want to be able to insert newlines, and I do want to be able to send messages just by Enter.
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A semicolon introduces a newline-terminated comment.
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How good is the support for control character symbols (e.g., "space", "newline", "tab", ...)?
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You'll be able to study the flow of the newline... ...as it responds to the ever-changing glow of the female form divine.
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Before I could insert newlines and send messages by using Ctrl-Enter and Enter; now it's just either Enter to send a message with no obvious way to insert a newline or Enter for a newline and Ctrl-Enter to send.
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Before I could insert newlines and send messages by using Ctrl-Enter and Enter; now it's just either Enter to send a message with no obvious way to insert a newline or Enter for a newline and Ctrl-Enter to send.
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Text files are just characters, including special ones like newlines and tabs, and can be easily opened anywhere (e.g., Notepad, your web browser, or Office products).
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In programming, a newline character moves the cursor to the beginning of the next line.
Synonyms
A key you press to move to a new line
A break that moves text to the next line
The character that marks a break between lines of text
A key or action that moves the cursor to the start of a new line
A key on a keyboard that moves the cursor to a new line or starts a new command
A special mark in text files that starts the next line
A character that moves text to the start of the next line
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Newline is a simple new word made from new and line, so it is easy to remember as meaning a 'new line' of text. In computing it is the special character that tells the computer to 'move to the next line', which is why programs use a newline to end a line.