Editing Backspace (section)

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[[File:Backspace.jpg|thumb|Backspace key]]
'''Backspace''' ({{keypress|Backspace}}, <code>⌫</code>) is the keyboard key that in [[typewriter]]s originally pushed the carriage one position backwards, and in modern computer systems typically moves the [[display cursor]] one position backwards,<ref group="note">The meaning of "backwards" depends on the direction of the text, and could get complicated in text involving several [[Bidirectional text|bidirectional categories]].</ref> deletes the character at that position, and shifts back any text after<ref group=note>"after" here implies on the same logical [[line of text]]</ref> that position by one character.