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Newline: A character or sequence of characters used to signify to a terminal or typesetting program that a line has ended and a new line is beginning. Usually represented by a combination of the the carriage return (CR) and line feed (LF) characters. On Microsoft Windows, CR followed by LF is used. On most other systems, only LF is used.

Also Known As: Line break, end of line, EOL

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