backspace

backspace

English

Etymology

back +‎ space

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbækˌspeɪs/

Noun

backspace (plural backspaces)

1. The key on a typewriter that moves the head one position backwards.
2. (computing) A keyboard key used for removing a character behind the cursor, and moving the cursor one position backwards.
3. (computing) The non-printable text character representing a backspace.

Derived terms

• backspaceable
• backspacer
• destructive backspace

Translations

typewriter key

Esperanto: retropaŝo Finnish: askelpalautin (fi) French: retour arrière m German: Backspace m, Rücktaste f, Rücksetztaste f Romanian: tastă backspace f, backspace n Spanish: retroceso Swedish: backsteg (sv) n, backstegstangent (sv) c, backslagstangent c Turkish: geri tuşu (tr), silme tuşu Vietnamese: phím lùi

computer key

Bengali: ব্যাকস্পেস (bẏakôspes) Finnish: askelpalautin (fi), backspace-näppäin French: retour arrière m German: Backspace m, Rücktaste f, Rücksetztaste f Portuguese: backspace m, retrocesso (pt), (tecla de) retroceder (pt), (tecla de) recuo (pt), (tecla de) apagar (pt) Romanian: tastă backspace f, backspace n Spanish: retroceso, (tecla de) borrar (es) Turkish: geri tuşu (tr), silme tuşu Vietnamese: phím xóa lùi, phím lùi

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French: (please verify) retour arrière Icelandic: (please verify) hop n

Verb

backspace (third-person singular simple present backspaces, present participle backspacing, simple past and past participle backspaced)

1. (computing) To remove a character behind a cursor.
2. (computing) To move a magnetic tape to a previous block.

Translations

remove a character

Finnish: kumittaa (fi) (informal) Icelandic: hopa Turkish: (please verify) geri tuşu (tr)

See also

• ←

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Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English backspace.

Noun

backspace m (plural backspaces)

1. backspace (computer key)