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Change log entry 92858
Processed by: richwarm (2025-12-26 20:45:20 UTC)
Comment: << review queue entry 85050 >>
it literally is carriage return but return is still carriage return
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Editor: A "carriage return" is primarily
- a control character (in computing), or
- an action/mechanism (e.g. returning the carriage on a typewriter).

By contrast, 回车键 is a *key*. Its function in modern computing is typically equivalent to Enter, and semantically closer to a combined CR-LF than to a pure CR.

It's accurate to say that 回车键 is literally "carriage return key", but not that it *means* "carriage return". Since the entry is for the key rather than the action or control character, I don’t think it's helpful to include "carriage return" as a standalone gloss here.
Diff:
# - 回車鍵 回车键 [[hui2che1jian4]] /(computing) enter key; return key (on a keyboard)/
# + 回車鍵 回车键 [[hui2che1jian4]] /(computing) enter key; return key (on a keyboard)/carriage return/
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