Backspace - meaning and definition. What is Backspace
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What (who) is Backspace - definition

COMPUTER KEYBOARD KEY USED TO DELETE THE CHARACTER PRECEDING THE CURSOR
^H; Control-H; Ctrl-H; ^W; ^U; Backspace key; ␈; Backspace character; ⌫; CTRL+H; BS (ASCII); ASCII 8; \x8; \x08; U+0008
  • Backspace key

backspace         
¦ noun
1. a key on a typewriter or computer keyboard used to cause the carriage or cursor to move backwards.
2. a device on a video recorder or camcorder which produces a slight backward run between shots to eliminate disturbance caused by the interruption of the scanning process.
¦ verb move a typewriter carriage or computer cursor backwards.
backspace         
<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)
Backspace         
Backspace () is the keyboard key that originally pushed the typewriter carriage one position backwards and in modern computer systems moves the display cursor one position backwards,"Backwards" means to the left for left-to-right languages. deletes the character at that position, and shifts back the text after that position by one position.

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Backspace

Backspace (← Backspace) is the keyboard key that originally pushed the typewriter carriage one position backwards and in modern computer systems moves the display cursor one position backwards, deletes the character at that position, and shifts back the text after that position by one position.

Examples of use of Backspace
1. Don‘t Miss CNET: Compare prices CNET: Compare most popular laptops Other keys, including the backspace, tab, and control keys, are smaller––mere slivers of their usual selves, and especially hard to hit.
2. If you miss the scroll bar found on almost every Windows laptops, the two–finger scroll option works well (run two fingers down the touch pad, and it scrolls like a mouse wheel). We remain fans of Apple‘s flat–key keyboard, although Windows users will have to get used to a Delete key that functions like a PC Backspace key, and no standalone equivalent key for what PCs call Delete.