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backspaceable en · ADJ

Etymology

From backspace + -able.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable, rare) Supporting a backspace function.
    • Anyway, the standard does allow for non-backspaceable files, at the compiler's choice. 2009, Richard Maine, “Error writing on unit 22”, in comp.lang.fortran (Usenet):
    • The reason was to allow the newer backspaceable Teletypes and their code-compatible derivatives to represent the international character sets more readily. 1992, Joseph M. Newcomer, “ASCII”, in alt.folklore.computers (Usenet):