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backspace::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | backspace key, backspacer |
| Type of | key |
Examples of backspace
backspace
There is no working delete key or backspace key, and no arrow keys either.
From the blogs.psychcentral.com
Commands such as backspace, enter and tab are all done with the stroke of your stylus.
From the usatoday.com
The pipe on the keyboard is located directly underneath the backspace key.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The keys that are likely to annoy you are the apostrophe and backspace.
From the couriermail.com.au
I'm not trying to be a backspace driver, but you should really ask us where we want to go.
From the latimes.com
I didn't have a wife or friend to re-read before I hit POST, or spell check, or even backspace.
From the theatlantic.com
The exclamation point was a three-stroke combination of an apostrophe, a backspace, and a period.
From the en.wikipedia.org
They therefore placed a key producing rubout at the location used on typewriters for backspace.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Suddenly, I could type away, backspace and delete and overwrite and revise as much as I liked.
From the guardian.co.uk
- Hit the backspace key on a computer or typewriter keyboard; "To erase, you must backspace"
- Backspace is the keyboard key that originally pushed the typewriter carriage one position backwards, and in modern computer displays moves the cursor one position backwards, deletes the preceding character, and shifts back the text after it by one position.
- A key that deletes all selected text, if any, or the text character to the left of the cursor.
- In the active Line tool, removes the last sketched segment.
- Using the BACKSPACE key on the keyboard erases the character to the left of the cursor.
- Retreat; back up. RB: 1
