line feed n : the operation that prepares for the next character to be printed or displayed on the next line
line feed(LF, control-J, {ASCII} 10) The {ASCII} character meaning move the {cursor} down to the same column on the next line. Originally this would have been done by "feeding" paper through the printer. {Unix} uses line feed as its text line terminator ({newline} character). (1997-07-14)