return key

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

First known use appears c. 1965 in the publication Programming IBM 1620 by E.A. Weiss.

Noun[edit]

return key (plural return keys)

  1. (computing, computer hardware) A key on a computer keyboard commonly used to execute a command or confirm the input of keyed text.

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