backspace key, backspace, backspacer (verb)

the typewriter key used for back spacing

backspace (verb)

hit the backspace key on a computer or typewriter keyboard

"To erase, you must backspace"

backspace (Noun)

The key on a typewriter that moves the head one position backwards.

backspace (Noun)

A keyboard key used for removing a character behind the cursor, and moving the cursor one position backwards.

backspace (Verb)

To remove a character behind a cursor.

backspace (Verb)

To move a magnetic tape to a previous block.

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.