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BACK-SPACE

Specialty Definition: BACK-SPACE

DomainDefinition

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.

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Modern Translation: BACK-SPACE

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

   

Portuguese

  

retrocesso (backing, backset, backward travel, dereliction, recess, recession, regress, regression, throwback). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

retroceso (backlash, backward motion, decline, going down, recession, recoil, regress, regression, retrogression). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: BACK-SPACE

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.

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Alternative Orthography: BACK-SPACE


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

42 41 43 4B 2D 53 50 41 43 45

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000010 01000001 01000011 01001011 00101101 01010011 01010000 01000001 01000011 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#66 &#65 &#67 &#75 &#45 &#83 &#80 &#65 &#67 &#69

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0042 0041 0043 004B 002D 0053 0050 0041 0043 0045

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

36353745155350353739

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INDEX

1. Translations: Modern
2. Anagrams
3. Orthography
4. Bibliography


  

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