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We found 4 dictionaries that define the word carriage returns:

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  1. carriage returns: Merriam-Webster
  2. carriage returns: Collins English Dictionary
  3. carriage returns: Vocabulary.com
  4. carriage returns: Wiktionary

(Note: See carriage_return as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (carriage return)

noun:  On a typewriter or computer printer, the action that returns it to the beginning of the next line.
noun:  (computing) The control character (0x0D in ASCII, abbreviated as CR) that originally signaled a device to perform a carriage return, but now merely indicates the end of a line of text (newline).
noun:  The key or lever that initiates the carriage return action (on a typewriter) or generates the carriage return character (on a computer).
▸ Also see carriage_return


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