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Either is ok, but more appropriate to most situations @ which such an action will be requested, "enter..." is the better choice..

I think "Enter your name" is fine. You can hear both, but on computers I almost always see "Enter your name," "Enter your password," "Enter the last four digits of your Credit Card/Social Security/Bank Account," etc.

@phrazleIn addition, as these forms are often referred to as "data input forms," the word "enter" seems most appropriate. The phrase "type your name" would only be used in the absence of a data input form, such as when a new friend on the internet asks you to send your name through the keyboard.

”Enter your name” is the correct term in the context of forms to be filled in (or filled out for the American variant

”type your name” is almost always redundant - for a computer data form, the information is usually going to be entered by typing! It is also much less accurate and specific than ”enter your name”.

Additionally, the verb ”enter” is the natural one to use, given that such forms are referred to as ”data entry forms”.

You would use ”type your name” only in the case where there was not a data entry form - such as an internet acquaintance asking you to write your name using a keyboard.