backspace
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2.5
- noun
- /ˈbækˌspeɪs/
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tecla de retroceso
- So you get up here and you detect, ah, we hit the backspace key, which on the Apple one was ADF, you know, first it'll echo the backspace key, which will move the cursor backwards.
- number of backspaces
And like the the for most normal keyboards, the backspace is onto the pinky.
- And like the the for most normal keyboards, the backspace is onto the pinky.
Examples
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Are you allowed to use backspace to delete, or is it a one-shot: write it and release it?
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When backspace is used at the start of the field.
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Then the backspace key, the right shift key, you get the idea.
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How do I turn off the system beep on Windows when backspace is pressed at the start of the field?
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Sculpt Comfort Keyboard, left end of the space bar can be used as a backspace key.
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The subjects were instructed to type the 35-word text trials as accurately and quickly as possible, using the backspace key to correct mistakes in the working word.
Academic text (1992) -
With the Sculpt Comfort Keyboard, Microsoft is introducing its first keyboard to feature a split backspace-spacebar key.
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The ability to correct errors using the backspace key confounds the measurement of rate and accuracy and should be incorporated into future studies of these performance characteristics.
Academic text (1992) -
In this case, though, there's a split space bar, whose left end can be programmed as a backspace key (Microsoft's rationale is that your fingers are constantly near the space bar anyway).
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I pressed the backspace key to remove the extra letter from my document.
Synonyms
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2.6
A key on a keyboard that deletes the letter or number before the cursor
A code or key that moves the cursor one space left to erase the last thing typed
A key on a typewriter that moves the typing position one space back
Compounds
- Specialized
A code or key that moves the cursor one space left to erase the last thing typed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Backspace comes from the two simple words back ('behind') and space ('blank place'), and it first named the key on old typewriters that moved the typing position one space back so you could erase a letter. So a backspace key moves the cursor backward or deletes the previous character.