Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

reverse line feed

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.17 in modern English

Syllables: re-verse -line feed
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The character (0x0a in ASCII) which reverses the paper by one line in a teletype or printer, or moves the cursor to the previous line on a display.

Inflected Forms

reverse line feeds (plural)

Antonyms

line feed

Questions

What does reverse line feed mean?: The character (0x0a in ASCII) which reverses the paper by one line in a teletype or printer, or moves the cursor to the previous line on a display.

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