Line feed

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

line feed
    n 1: the operation that prepares for the next character to be
         printed or displayed on the next line

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

line feed

   <character> (LF, control-J, {ASCII} 10) The {ASCII} character
   meaning move the {cursor} down to the same column on the next
   line.  Originally this would have been done by "feeding" paper
   through the printer.

   {Unix} uses line feed as its text line terminator ({newline}
   character).

   (1997-07-14)