Newline

2 definitions found

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  newline /n[y]oo'li:n/ n. 1. [techspeak, primarily Unix] The ASCII LF
     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}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  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 {Berkeley}ism.  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)