backspacingn.
/ˈbakˌspeɪsɪŋ/, /ˌbakˈspeɪsɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈbækˌspeɪsɪŋ/ Originally: the action of moving the carriage of a typewriter backwards by one space, esp. in order to correct a typing error. Later also: the action of moving a cursor backwards (i.e. leftwards) on a screen.
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backspacing1897
1897 U.S. Patent 589,387 1/1 An attachment for type-writing machines for moving the carriage backward step by step..with absolute precision at any desired speed, so that such back-spacing may be perfectly accomplished as rapidly as the ordinary or front spacing.
1918 Dover Express 13 Dec. 1/4 (advt.) Typewriter, Empire No. 2, with back spacing key and tabulator.
2008 K. Brooks Black Rabbit Summer (2009) xxvi. 406 It took me a while to find the messages menu, and it took me even longer to key in the text, but after a lot of deleting and backspacing and swearing, I got there in the end.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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