Usually means: Erase character left of cursor.
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We found 27 dictionaries that define the word backspace:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. backspace: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. backspace: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. backspace: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. backspace: Collins English Dictionary
  5. backspace: Vocabulary.com
  6. Backspace, backspace: Wordnik
  7. backspace: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. backspace: Wiktionary
  9. backspace: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. backspace: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. backspace: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. backspace: Dictionary.com
  13. Backspace: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. backspace: Rhymezone
  15. backspace: Free Dictionary
  16. backspace: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. backspace: Dictionary/thesaurus
  18. backspace: Merriam-Webster.com

Computing (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. backspace: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. backspace: CCI Computer
  3. Webopedia (No longer online)
  4. backspace: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. backspace: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of video terms (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  The key on a typewriter that moves the head one position backwards.
noun:  (computing) A keyboard key used for removing a character behind the cursor, and moving the cursor one position backwards.
noun:  (computing) A non-printable text character representing a backspace.
verb:  (computing) To remove a character behind a cursor.
verb:  (computing) To move a magnetic tape to a previous block.

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