line feed

2 definitions found

line feed - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  line feed
      n 1: the operation that prepares for the next character to be
           printed or displayed on the next line

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

  line feed
  
     <character> (LF, control-J, ASCII 10) The ASCII character
     meaning move the cursor down to the same column on the next
     line.  Originally this would have been done by "feeding" paper
     through the printer.
  
     Unix uses line feed as its text line terminator (newline
     character).
  
     (1997-07-14)