What does backspace mean?
Definitions for backspace
ˈbækˌspeɪsbackspace
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Princeton's WordNet
backspace key, backspace, backspacerverb
the typewriter key used for back spacing
backspaceverb
hit the backspace key on a computer or typewriter keyboard
"To erase, you must backspace"
Wiktionary
backspacenoun
The key on a typewriter that moves the head one position backwards.
backspacenoun
A keyboard key used for removing a character behind the cursor, and moving the cursor one position backwards.
backspaceverb
To remove a character behind a cursor.
backspaceverb
To move a magnetic tape to a previous block.
Wikipedia
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.
ChatGPT
backspace
Backspace is a keyboard key that traditionally erases the character to the left of the cursor's current position, allowing the user to correct or remove unwanted text. It can also be used to navigate backwards within a program or interface. The symbol for backspace is often an arrow pointing to the left.
Wikidata
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.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of backspace in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of backspace in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of backspace in a Sentence
Don't use " backspace " every moment ,, because every time you do ,, you kill a space !!
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