Line Break - Carriage Return

Carriage Return is a control character that signals the end of a line and moves the cursor to the beginning of the same line, historically used in typewriters and early computing. In text processing, it acts as a hard line break, forcing a new line without starting a new paragraph, and is often paired with Line Feed in Windows-style files. Its line breaking behavior is strict, meaning it always terminates the current line and cannot be combined with adjacent characters to form a single breaking opportunity. This makes it distinct from softer breaking spaces or hyphens, ensuring predictable text wrapping and parsing in protocols and formats.