- backspace back·space vi
- ['bækˌspeɪs]
(in typing) battere il tasto di ritorno
English-Italian dictionary. 2013.
backspace back·space vi
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backspace — back|space1 [ bæk,speıs ] noun singular the key that you press on a keyboard to move one space backward in a document backspace back|space 2 [ bæk,speıs ] verb intransitive to move back one or more spaces along a line of writing on a computer… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
backspace — back‧space [ˈbækspeɪs] noun [singular] the part of a computer keyboard or typewriter that you press to move backwards towards the beginning of a line or to remove something that you have just written * * * backspace UK US /ˈbækspeɪs/ noun… … Financial and business terms
backspace — also back space, 1899, in reference to keyboarding, from BACK (Cf. back) (adv.) + SPACE (Cf. space). We have had the pleasure of examining one of the 1899 model Hammond typewriters, with the new back space key. This new feature is certainly an… … Etymology dictionary
backspace — back•space [[t]ˈbækˌspeɪs[/t]] v. spaced, spac•ing, n. 1) pri to move the typing element of a typewriter, the cursor on a computer display, etc., one space backward, as by depressing a special key 2) cmp the labeled key on a keyboard used for… … From formal English to slang
backspace — back|space [ˈbækspeıs] n [C usually singular] a button on a computer ↑keyboard or ↑typewriter that you press to move backwards towards the beginning of the line … Dictionary of contemporary English
backspace — [bak′spās΄] vi. backspaced, backspacing to move a typewriter carriage, cursor, etc. back along the same line one space at a time by depressing a special key (backspacer) … English World dictionary
backspace — back·spa·ce s.m.inv. ES ingl. {{wmetafile0}} TS inform. nei calcolatori elettronici, tasto su cui è raffigurata una freccia rivolta verso sinistra e che serve per cancellare il carattere posto prima del cursore {{line}} {{/line}} DATA: sec. XX.… … Dizionario italiano
Backspace — A backspace key Backspace is the keyboard key that originally pushed the typewriter carriage one position backwards, and in modern computer displays moves the cursor one position backwards, deletes the preceding character, and shifts back the… … Wikipedia
backspace — The character (CTRL H) that causes the cursor on your screen to move back one space. See also destructive backspace, non destructive backspace … Dictionary of telecommunications
backspace — I UK [ˈbækˌspeɪs] / US noun [singular] the key that you press on a keyboard to move one space backwards in a document II UK [ˈbækˌspeɪs] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms backspace : present tense I/you/we/they backspace he/she/it backspaces… … English dictionary
backspace — I. intransitive verb Date: 1911 to move back a space in a text with the press of a key II. noun Date: 1983 an instance of backspacing; also the key pressed in backspacing … New Collegiate Dictionary
