page down

See also: Page Down

English

Etymology

From the Page Down key on a keyboard that performs this function.

Verb

page down (third-person singular simple present pages down, present participle paging down, simple past and past participle paged down)

1. (computing) To scroll down to the next page of content.

   As I paged down through the year-old comments, I came to one young man's posting, in which he casually mentioned that he was looking for a boyfriend.

   Antonym: page up

Synonyms

• scroll down
• scroll up (Emacs and old IBM system)