Wikidiffcom vs Backspaceable - What's the difference?
wikidiffcom | backspaceable |
(computing, rare) Supporting a backspace function.
* 1992 , "Joseph M. Newcomer", ASCII'' (on newsgroup ''alt.folklore.computers )
* 2009 , "Richard Maine", Error writing on unit 22'' (on newsgroup ''comp.lang.fortran )
As an adjective backspaceable is
(computing|rare) supporting a backspace function.wikidiffcom
Not English
Wikidiffcom has no English definition. It may be misspelled.backspaceable
English
Adjective
(-)- The reason was to allow the newer backspaceable Teletypes and their code-compatible derivatives to represent the international character sets more readily.
- Anyway, the standard does allow for non-backspaceable files, at the compiler's choice.
