delete keyn.

Brit.

/dᵻˈliːt kiː/, U.S.

/dəˈlit ˌki/,

/diˈlit ˌki/

Forms: 1900s– delete key, 1900s– Delete key, 1900s– DELETE key.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: delete v., key n.¹

Etymology: < delete v. + key n.¹

1. Telegraphy. On a keypad: a key used to delete a piece of data from a storage relay. rare.

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1935 Patents for Inventions: Abridgm. Specif. 400,001‒420,000: Group XXXVIII Signals & Alarms 105/1 Deletion of any description. This is accomplished by operating the delete key DE and setting up on the keys 1..6 the description it is desired to delete.

2. On the keyboard of a keypunch (keypunch n. 2): a key used to delete a character or piece of data recorded on a punched card. Now rare.

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1959 W. J. Hildebrandt U.S. Patent 2,902,092 16 If the ‘Delete’ key is struck when the machine is already in ‘Letters Shift’ condition, a regular single punch cycle of the ‘Letter Following a Letter’ type takes place, punching all five code hole positions in the tape.

1968 MARC Sysr. Dura Typing Procedures 3 in Automation of Bibliographical Services (Univ. Maryland School of Library & Information Services) Deletions may be made word by word..by pressing the delete key..once for each word deleted. The carriage then may be turned up and the correct copy punched.

3. Computing. On the keyboard of a computer, smartphone, etc.: a key used to delete the character next to the cursor, a selected piece of text or string of characters, a piece of data, or (in later use also) a file.A distinction is frequently drawn between the delete key and the backspace key, the former being used to delete characters following the cursor and the latter to delete characters preceding it. In keyboards having only a delete key, it usually performs the second of these functions.

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society > computing and information technology > hardware > peripherals > [noun] > keyboard > individual keys

space bar1887

function key1930

delete key1963

esc1963

Alt mode1964

carriage return1965

return1965

return key1965

enter1966

Alt key1968

home key1968

arrow key1969

tab1969

control1976

delete1977

control key1978

cursor key1979

Alt1981

delete button1981

escape key1982

hot key1983

1963 IBM Jrnl. Res. & Devel. 7 331/2 Finally, the delete key is pressed. This causes all the characters between the X-bits to be deleted, and all those characters to the right..are shifted left to close the gap.

2009 A. Reinhold Switching to Mac for Dummies (ed. 2) v. 104 On keyboards that don't have a second delete key, you request the right delete function by holding down the function key (Fn) when you press the lone Delete key.

2013 A. Hillier & D. Culhane in M. Weil et al. Handbk. Community Pract. (ed. 2) xl. 827/1 The e-mails and computer files you create live on well after you hit the ‘delete’ key.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	delete key
释义	delete keyn. Brit. /dᵻˈliːt kiː/, U.S. /dəˈlit ˌki/, /diˈlit ˌki/ Forms: 1900s– delete key, 1900s– Delete key, 1900s– DELETE key. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: delete v., key n.¹ Etymology: < delete v. + key n.¹ 1. Telegraphy. On a keypad: a key used to delete a piece of data from a storage relay. rare. ΚΠ 1935 Patents for Inventions: Abridgm. Specif. 400,001‒420,000: Group XXXVIII Signals & Alarms 105/1 Deletion of any description. This is accomplished by operating the delete key DE and setting up on the keys 1..6 the description it is desired to delete. 2. On the keyboard of a keypunch (keypunch n. 2): a key used to delete a character or piece of data recorded on a punched card. Now rare. ΚΠ 1959 W. J. Hildebrandt U.S. Patent 2,902,092 16 If the ‘Delete’ key is struck when the machine is already in ‘Letters Shift’ condition, a regular single punch cycle of the ‘Letter Following a Letter’ type takes place, punching all five code hole positions in the tape. 1968 MARC Sysr. Dura Typing Procedures 3 in Automation of Bibliographical Services (Univ. Maryland School of Library & Information Services) Deletions may be made word by word..by pressing the delete key..once for each word deleted. The carriage then may be turned up and the correct copy punched. 3. Computing. On the keyboard of a computer, smartphone, etc.: a key used to delete the character next to the cursor, a selected piece of text or string of characters, a piece of data, or (in later use also) a file.A distinction is frequently drawn between the delete key and the backspace key, the former being used to delete characters following the cursor and the latter to delete characters preceding it. In keyboards having only a delete key, it usually performs the second of these functions. ΘΚΠ society > computing and information technology > hardware > peripherals > [noun] > keyboard > individual keys space bar1887 function key1930 delete key1963 esc1963 Alt mode1964 carriage return1965 return1965 return key1965 enter1966 Alt key1968 home key1968 arrow key1969 tab1969 control1976 delete1977 control key1978 cursor key1979 Alt1981 delete button1981 escape key1982 hot key1983 1963 IBM Jrnl. Res. & Devel. 7 331/2 Finally, the delete key is pressed. This causes all the characters between the X-bits to be deleted, and all those characters to the right..are shifted left to close the gap. 2009 A. Reinhold Switching to Mac for Dummies (ed. 2) v. 104 On keyboards that don't have a second delete key, you request the right delete function by holding down the function key (Fn) when you press the lone Delete key. 2013 A. Hillier & D. Culhane in M. Weil et al. Handbk. Community Pract. (ed. 2) xl. 827/1 The e-mails and computer files you create live on well after you hit the ‘delete’ key. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1935
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