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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the typewriter key used for back spacing;
[syn: backspace key, backspace, backspacer]


VERB (1)

1. hit the backspace key on a computer or typewriter keyboard;
- Example: "To erase, you must backspace"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

backspace \backspace\, backspacer \backspacer\n. 1. The key on a typewriter or other keyboard used for back spacing. Syn: backspace key. [WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

backspace \backspace\, v. i. In typing text, to press the backspace key so as to reposition the carriage or cursor on the previous space. [PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

backspace n 1: the typewriter key used for back spacing [syn: backspace key, backspace, backspacer] v 1: hit the backspace key on a computer or typewriter keyboard; "To erase, you must backspace"
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):

backspace BS (BS) ASCII code 8, Control-H. The control character that should cause most output devices to move their current output position back to the previous character so that the next character output will replace (or overprint) it. Inputting a backspace (typically by pressing the backspace key) causes many systems to delete the character before the input cursor, though others use delete for this. See twirling baton for an imaginitive use of backspace. (2003-10-25)