end of line

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end of line - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  End Of Line
  
     <character> (EOL) Synonym for newline, derived perhaps from
     the original CDC 6600 Pascal.  The abbreviation "EOL" is
     now rare, but widely recognised and occasionally used for
     brevity.  Used in the example entry under BNF.
  
     Out of context this would probably be (deliberately) ambiguous
     because different systems used different (combinations of)
     characters to mark the end of a line.  Unix uses a line feed
     ; DOS uses carriage return, line feed (CRLF) and the
     Macintosh uses carriage return.
  
     See also EOF.
  
     (2002-03-22)