space bar
- a horizontal bar on a typewriter keyboard that is depressed in order to resume typing one space to the right.
- a horizontal bar on a computer keyboard that is depressed in order to move the cursor one space to the right or, often, to perform some function in a program.
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Origin of space bar
First recorded in 1885–90
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