carriage return sign
nounUK /ˈkær.ɪdʒ rɪˈtɜːn saɪn/
US /ˈkær.ɪdʒ rɪˈtɝːn saɪn/
A little symbol that shows where a line of text ends and a new line starts.
The carriage return sign at the end of the line told the printer to start a new line.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A visible mark used in some text editors to show where a carriage return character is hidden.
Turn on hidden characters to see the carriage return sign after each paragraph.
3. The symbol printed on a typewriter key that moves the typing position back to the start of the line.
She pressed the key with the carriage return sign to begin a fresh line.
4. A control character in computing that tells a device to move to the beginning of the current line.
The old protocol used a carriage return sign to reset the cursor position.