backspace key

Definition of Backspace Key in English :

1. backspace, backspace key, backspacer

the typewriter key used for back spacing

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Backspace Key

noun

a key on a typewriter or computer keyboard that makes the carriage or cursor move backwards one space

1. A key that, when pressed, moves an onscreen cursor one space to the left and typically deletes the character in that space.

2. A similar key on a typewriter that, when pressed, moves the carriage to the position of the previous space on the page.

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