"enter key" meaning in All languages combined

See enter key on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: enter keys [plural]
Etymology: First known use appears c. 1955, in the publication Applied Electronics: Proceedings. Head templates: {{en-noun}} enter key (plural enter keys)
  1. (computing, computer hardware) A type of return key generally present on extended keyboards with a numeric keypad. Categories (topical): Computer hardware, Computing Related terms: control key, return key Translations (computing: a type of return key): 回車鍵 /回车键 (huíchējiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 回車 /回车 (huíchē) (Chinese Mandarin), enter-näppäin (Finnish), syöttönäppäin (Finnish), touche entrée [feminine] (French), エンターキー (entā kī) (Japanese), エンター (entā) (Japanese), 엔터 키 (enteo ki) (Korean), 엔터 (enteo) (Korean), returtangent [common-gender] (Swedish), phím thi hành (Vietnamese)

Inflected forms

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