Phrase guide
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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
A key on a computer keyboard commonly used to execute a command or confirm the input of keyed text.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computer-hardware, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: return
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: key
History
First known use appears c. 1965 in the publication Programming IBM 1620 by E.A. Weiss.
