c++ - Escape sequence f - form feed - what exactly is it?

Question

f is said to be the form feed. is a tab, a is a beep, is a newline. What exactly is a form feed - f? The following program

#include <iostream>
int main()
{
   std::cout << "hellofgoodbye" << std::endl;  
}

prints hello then a female sign (an upside down holy hand grenade:) and then goodbye all on one line.

Answer 1

It skips to the start of the next page. (Applies mostly to terminals where the output device is a printer rather than a VDU.)