Formfeeds

/ˈfɔrmˌfiːdz/ noun

Definition

Plural of formfeed: multiple control characters that advance a printer to subsequent pages.

Etymology

Simple plural of 'formfeed' (form + feed). Maintains the technical computing terminology structure for multiple instances.

Kelly Says

This word exists almost entirely in programmer documentation now—it's a relic of when people actually understood what their computers were doing at the character level, a kind of technical literacy we've almost entirely lost.

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