BACKSPACE

backspace

(verb) hit the backspace key on a computer or typewriter keyboard; “To erase, you must backspace”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

backspace (plural backspaces)

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

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

(computing) The non-printable text character representing a backspace.

Verb

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

(computing) To remove a character behind a cursor.

(computing) To move a magnetic tape to a previous block.

Source: Wiktionary



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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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