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| Domain | Definition |
Computing | A format effector which moves back the active position one character position backwards on the same line. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "BACK-SPACE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | rykke tilbage (backspace). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | terugstelling (backspace). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Finnish | peruutusaskel (backspace), peruutus (annulment, cancellation, withdrawal), askelpalautin (backspace). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | BS (backspace, Bahamas, Bahamas-ISO code, Commonwealth of the Bahamas, The Bahamas), retour arrière (backspace, backtracking, depth-first backward reasoning), rappel arrière (backspace), espacement arrière (backspace), commande de rappel arrière (backspace). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Rückwärtsschritt (backspace), Rücktaste (backspace, backspace key), Rückschritt (regress, regression, retrograde step, retrogressive step, step backwards). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | βήμα επιστροφής (backspace), οπισθοδιάστημα (backspace), διάστημα επιστροφής (backspace). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | posizionamento indietro (backspace), posizionamento all'indietro (backspace). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ack-spacebay retrocesso (backing, backset, backward travel, dereliction, recess, recession, regress, regression, throwback). (various references) retroceso (backlash, backward motion, decline, going down, recession, recoil, regress, regression, retrogression). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: backspace. | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-c-e-k-p-s" | |
-3 letters: baccae, becaps. | |
-4 letters: aback, abase, apace, apeak, bacca, backs, bakes, beaks, becap, becks, cacas, caeca, cakes, capes, kapas, pacas, paces, packs, peaks, pecks, scape, space, spake, speak, speck. | |
-5 letters: abas, aces, apes, apse, asea, baas, back, bake, baps, base, bask, beak, beck, cabs, caca, cake, cape, caps, casa, case, cask, ceca, ceps, kaas. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-c-c-e-k-p-s" | |
+1 letter: backspaced, backspaces. | |
+2 letters: backpackers. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 41 43 4B 2D 53 50 41 43 45 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01000001 01000011 01001011 00101101 01010011 01010000 01000001 01000011 01000101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B A C K - S P A C E |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0041 0043 004B 002D 0053 0050 0041 0043 0045 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)36353745155350353739 |
| 1. Translations: Modern 2. Anagrams 3. Orthography 4. Bibliography |
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