line feed

Summary

line feed is a control character^[1]. It draws 52 Wikipedia views per month (control_character category, ranking #6 of 7).^[2]

Key Facts

• line feed's instance of is recorded as control character^[3].
• line feed's instance of is recorded as whitespace^[4].
• line feed's instance of is recorded as line printer control character^[5].
• line feed's instance of is recorded as Unicode character^[6].
• line feed's instance of is recorded as vertical space character as per PCRE^[7].
• line printer is named after line feed^[8].
• feedthrough is named after line feed^[9].
• line feed is a type of punctuation mark^[10].
• line feed's different from is recorded as carriage return, line feed^[11].
• line feed's different from is recorded as carriage return^[12].
• line feed's Unicode code point is recorded as 000A^[13].
• line feed's HTML entity is recorded as ^[14].
• line feed's HTML entity is recorded as ^[15].
• line feed's HTML entity is recorded as ^[16].
• line feed's Unicode block is recorded as Basic Latin^[17].

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include control character^[3], whitespace^[4], line printer control character^[5], Unicode character^[6], and vertical space character as per PCRE^[7].

History and Context

Things named after include line printer^[8] and feedthrough^[9].

Why It Matters

line feed draws 52 Wikipedia views per month (control_character category, ranking #6 of 7).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[18] It is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[19]