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People are not used to the classic old meaning of "Enter key", because people are more used to PC keyboards and there is a common misconception of what "Enter"
by Findecanor 2y ago
People are not used to the classic old meaning of "Enter key", because people are more used to PC keyboards and there is a common misconception of what "Enter" means.
On IBM PC keyboards, the key had got overloaded with two functions: Return and Enter.
From the IBM Model F AT forwards, the key typically carried a legend for each function: an angled arrow that means "Return", and the textual legend "Enter".
IBM keyboards for non-PC platforms, such as Model M keyboards for terminals had separate Return and Enter keys. The Return key had only the arrow. The "Enter" key was a small key on the bottom row.
BTW. There is also a similar common misconception for the Tab and Back-Tab symbols, which IBM terminal keyboards sometimes also had separate keys for.