Backspace

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  backspace \backspace\, backspacer \backspacer\n.
     1. The key on a typewriter or other keyboard used for back
        spacing.
  
     Syn: backspace key.
          [WordNet 1.5]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  backspace \backspace\, v. i.
     In typing text, to press the backspace key so as to
     reposition the carriage or cursor on the previous space.
     [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  backspace
       v : hit the backspace key on a computer or typewriter keyboard;
           "To erase, you must backspace"