Etymology

From backspace +‎ -ableCategory:English terms suffixed with -able#BACKSPACEABLE.

Adjective

backspaceable (not comparable)Category:English lemmas#BACKSPACEABLECategory:English adjectives#BACKSPACEABLECategory:English uncomparable adjectives#BACKSPACEABLECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BACKSPACEABLECategory:Pages with entries#BACKSPACEABLECategory:Pages with 1 entry#BACKSPACEABLE

1. (computingCategory:en:Computing#BACKSPACEABLE, rareCategory:English terms with rare senses#BACKSPACEABLE) Supporting a backspace function.
   • 1992, Joseph M. Newcomer, “ASCII”, in alt.folklore.computers (Usenet):

     The reason was to allow the newer backspaceable Teletypes and their code-compatible derivatives to represent the international character sets more readily.

     Category:English terms with quotations#BACKSPACEABLE

   • 2009, Richard Maine, “Error writing on unit 22”, in comp.lang.fortran (Usenet):

     Anyway, the standard does allow for non-backspaceable files, at the compiler's choice.

     Category:English terms with quotations#BACKSPACEABLE