What is Carriage return?
A '''carriage return''', sometimes known as a '''cartridge return''' and often shortened to '''CR''', '''<CR>''' or '''return''', is a [[control character]] or mechanism used to reset a device's position to the beginning of a line of text. It is closely associated with the line feed and [[newline]] concepts, although it can be considered separately in its own right. ==Computers== In [[computing]], the carriage return is the name of a computer character that directs a printer or screen display to return to the start of a line when printing or displaying text. The origin of its name is as you'd expect: it told a [[teletype]] that its print carriage (the cylinder that held the paper) should return to the beginning of a line. On some systems, such as older Macintoshes, it also creates a new line, like the [[line feed]] character. {{tech-stub}} [[Category:Control characters]]