backspacing
- present participle of backspace.
Example Sentences
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If you “suspect” because that’s what your friend indicated or hinted at, then picture me backspacing everything and saying yeah, if that’s what they want, then intentional hangouts will have to stop.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 21, 2023
This is annoying because I have to keeep backspacing and deleting e’s.
From Washington Post ● May 21, 2020
I found quickly that the mechanics of writing, of my fingertips jabbing at the letters, served to somehow focus me by funneling my attention, backspacing and typing my way into my thoughts.
From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2013
There was no screen, but backspacing to correct an error on the page also resulted in the data being corrected on the tape.
From Slate ● Mar. 1, 2013
The end of record flag is set during reading or backspacing when the tape comes to an end of record gap.
From Preliminary Specifications: Programmed Data Processor Model Three (PDP-3) October, 1960 by Digital Equipment Corporation
