backspace character

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   a control character that indicates moving a space to the left

   Broadercontrol character

Questions about backspace character

What does backspace character mean?

backspace character means "a control character that indicates moving a space to the left".

Is backspace character a common word?

backspace character is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.