"hard return" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: hard returns [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} hard return (plural hard returns)
  1. (computing) The type of newline that represents the semantic concept of a paragraph break (as opposed to the type that represents merely a line break in word wrap); sometimes represented visually with the pilcrow character (¶). Categories (topical): Computing Translations (Translations): kappaleenvaihto (Finnish), harter Zeilenumbruch [masculine] (German), twardy enter [masculine] (Polish)

Inflected forms

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