backspace
The key on a typewriter that moves the head one position backwards.
Noun
- The key on a typewriter that moves the head one position backwards.
- A keyboard key used for removing a character behind the cursor, and moving the cursor one position backwards.
- A non-printable text character representing a backspace.
Synonyms: mul:\b
Origin
From back + space.
Forms
Derived
Verb
- To remove a character behind a cursor.
- So once you hit 'E', just backspace. - 2024 April 17, SMii7Y, 1:20 from the start, in Content Warning Footage That Should Never Be Uploaded, spoken by SMii7Y:
- To move a magnetic tape to a previous block.