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return key

The English word “return key” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

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

Etymology

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

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