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Everything about Backspace
Key on a keyboard
Backspace is the keyboard key that in typewriters originally pushed the carriage one position backwards. In modern computer systems, it typically moves the display cursor one position backwards, deletes the character at that position, and shifts back any text after that position by one character. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: BackspaceA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: Leaving the SuburbsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Male backspace availability in the giant waterbug (Belostoma flumineum Say)Cited 35 times
- Go sideways: Delete characterA closely related topic
- Go sideways: IBM PC keyboardA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun The key on a typewriter that moves the head one position backwards.
Noun A keyboard key used for removing a character behind the cursor, and moving the cursor one position backwards.
Noun A non-printable text character representing a backspace.
Verb To remove a character behind a cursor.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Male backspace availability in the giant waterbug (Belostoma flumineum Say)
Digital Phenotypes of Mobile Keyboard Backspace Rates and Their Associations With Symptoms of Mood Disorder: Algorithm Development and Validation
VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF ENERGY FLUX DENSITY IN THE BACKSPACE OF CIRCULAR APERTURE REFLECTOR ANTENNA FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS
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Backspace: A Zero-Cost Unlimited Cloud Storage Platform Leveraging Telegram Bot API Infrastructure
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📚 Books worth reading
- 📕Leaving the SuburbsJohn Duke, Backspace Ink · 2021
Backpocket CrosswordsJoanne Shwed · 2004
GatewaysElizabeth Anne Hull · 2010- 📕BackspaceRiley Mitchell · 2021
- 📕BackspaceMike Fontenot · 2017
Black holes & bug-eyed-monstersGeorge H. Scithers, John Varley · 1977- 📕One Deadly NeedleElla Andrew · 2024
- 📕BackspaceLee Mitgang · 2017
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