carriage return

• Steuerzeichen oder Mechanismus, das bzw. der den Cursor oder Druckkopf an den Anfang derselben Zeile zurückführt, ursprünglich bei Schreibmaschinen verwendet und in der Datenverarbeitung üblicherweise als \r dargestellt.

A control character or mechanism that moves the cursor or print head to the beginning of the same line, originally used in typewriters and now commonly represented as \r in computing.

1. Typing mechanismC1formal

   A control character or command that moves the cursor or print head to the beginning of the same line.

   Wagenrücklauf

   • In old typewriters, the carriage return lever moved the paper to the start of the line.
   • The ASCII code for carriage return is 13.
   • Press Enter to send a carriage return in many text editors.

2. Text formattingC1formal

   A character used in computing to reset the position to the first column of the current line.

   Wagenrücklauf

   • The file uses carriage return and line feed to separate lines.
   • Some systems require a carriage return at the end of each line.
   • The carriage return character is often represented as \r.