new line

1. 1.

   the operation that prepares for the next character to be printed or displayed as the first character on the next line

   Broaderprinting operation

Questions about new line

What does new line mean?

new line means "the operation that prepares for the next character to be printed or displayed as the first character on the next line".

Is new line a common word?

new line is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.