Backspaced

/ˈbækˌspeɪst/ verb

Past tense of backspace; pressed the backspace key to delete characters moving backward on a keyboard or screen.

From 'backspace' (verb), itself a compound of 'back' and 'space.' Computing term that emerged with electric typewriters and digital keyboards in the mid-20th century.

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