backspace

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: backspace keybackspacer

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. the typewriter key used for back spacingSynonyms: backspace keybackspacer

Verb (1)

  1. hit the backspace key on a computer or typewriter keyboard“To erase, you must backspace”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

backspace \backspace\, backspacer \backspacer\n.

1.The key on a typewriter or other keyboard used for back spacing.

Syn: backspace key. [WordNet 1.5]

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]

Free On-line Dictionary of Computing

backspace BS

<character> (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)

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