soft return

English

Noun

soft return (plural soft returns)

1. (computing) The type of newline that represents either a natural line break resulting from word wrap, or one specifically inserted inside a paragraph (not between paragraphs); sometimes represented visually with a bent-arrow character (↲).

   Coordinate terms: hard return, paragraph break

   Near-synonyms: soft break, line break, carriage return, newline

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Translations

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• Finnish: rivinvaihto (fi) (line break in general, but contrasting with kappaleenvaihto (“paragraph break, hard return”))
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• German: weicher Zeilenumbruch m
• Polish: miękki enter m
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