(Bilgisayar) In computing, a newline, also known as a line break or end-of-line (EOL) character, is a special character or sequence of characters signifying the end of a line of text. The name comes from the fact that the next character after the newline will appear on a new line—that is, on the next line below the text immediately preceding the newline. The actual codes representing a newline vary across operating systems, which can be a problem when exchanging data between systems with different representations