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Newline - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Newline :
/n[y]oo'li:n/ Line feed or other
character sequence used to terminate a line of text.
Unix uses line feed as its text line terminator - a
Bell-Labs-ism rather than a Berkeleyism. Interestingly
(and unusually for Unix jargon), it is said to have originally
been an IBM usage. Though the term "newline" appears in
ASCII standards, it never caught on in the general
computing world before Unix. The encoding of line feed as
"\n" in C and Unix strings comes from this name.
The term has been used more generally for any end of line
character, character sequence (e.g. crlf), or operation
(like Pascal's writeln procedure or Lisp 1.5's terpri)
required to terminate a text record or separate lines.
[{Jargon File]
(1997-07-14)
Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:
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Newline : /n[y]oo'li:n/ n. 1. [techspeak, primarily Unix] The ASCII LF
{Unix">character (0001010), used under {Unix as a text line terminator.
Though the term `newline' appears in ASCII standards, it never caught on
in the general computing world before Unix. 2. More generally, any magic
character, character sequence, or operation (like Pascal's writeln
procedure) required to terminate a text record or separate lines. See
crlf, terpri.
Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:
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Example Usage of Newline |
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kaylywayly: They cn v well cut off my line because I've signed on a Newline with SINGTEL! U hear me starhub?! I'm not paying. |
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stevestreza: @lalaloriii Is there a Newline at the end of the first printf? |
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bluesmoon: @rckenned a % in a cron line is a Newline character, but I've only seen it in the action section, not in the time section |
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