backspace : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: backspace	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for backspace
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
backspace n the typewriter key used for back spacing [syn: {backspace key}, backspace, backspacer] v hit the backspace key on a computer or typewriter keyboard; "To erase, you must backspace"
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
backspace (BS) {ASCII} code 8, Control-H. The {control character} that should cause most output devices to move their current output position back to the previous character so that the next character output will replace (or overprint) it. Inputting a backspace (typically by pressing the backspace key) causes many systems to delete the character before the input cursor, though others use {delete} for this. See {twirling baton} for an imaginitive use of backspace. (2003-10-25)