backspace key

n.1. A key that, when pressed, moves an onscreen cursor one space to the left and typically deletes the character in that space.2. A similar key on a typewriter that, when pressed, moves the carriage to the position of the previous space on the page.

backspace key

backspacer

na key on a typewriter or computer keyboard that makes the carriage or cursor move backwards one space

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Noun

backspace key - the typewriter key used for back spacingbackspace, backspacerkey - a lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressedtypewriter keyboard - a keyboard for manually entering characters to be printed

Backspace key

The keyboard key that moves the text at the current cursor location one character to the left, deleting the character on the left. In contrast, the Delete key removes the character at, or to the right of, the current cursor, and everything to the right moves left. In the Windows Explorer file manager, the Backspace key moves back one level.

All Windows machines have Backspace and Delete keys. On Mac laptops (not desktops), there is only a Backspace key and no Delete key. However, the Backspace key is labeled Delete, which is very confusing for Windows users working on a Mac laptop. See Delete key.

backspace key

noun

Synonyms for backspace key

noun the typewriter key used for back spacing

Synonyms

backspace
backspacer

Related Words

key
typewriter keyboard

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