Associations to the word «Backspace»

Wiktionary

BACKSPACE, noun. The key on a typewriter that moves the head one position backwards.
BACKSPACE, noun. (computing) A keyboard key used for removing a character behind the cursor, and moving the cursor one position backwards.
BACKSPACE, verb. (computing) To remove a character behind a cursor.
BACKSPACE, verb. (computing) To move a magnetic tape to a previous block.

Dictionary definition

BACKSPACE, noun. The typewriter key used for back spacing.
BACKSPACE, verb. Hit the backspace key on a computer or typewriter keyboard; "To erase, you must backspace".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King