backspaceable
adjEtymology From backspace + -able.
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Rare Supporting a backspace function.
- 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):
- 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):