Return Key vs Enter Key?

Question

When and Why did the Return Key on a keyboard chage to Enter? References are appreciated.

Answer 1

apple wanted their mac keyboard to be different so they changed enter to return and backspace to delete

Answer 2

Its actually both. You can use it as a return key in text and as an enter key when you want to enter some information, like signing in to a site for one example.

Answer 3

I really have nothing new to offer other than confirming that Terry B's answer is the correct one. The return key is a "left over" from the word processing days mimicking typewriters.

Answer 4

So people in the days of the the older computerized "Word Processors" felt at home. They had "Return" just like a typewriter.

Then in the computer age it was replaced with "Enter"

Sorry no references, but I have an old word processor and it has "Return" just like a typewriter.