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],
[
"magnetic",
"magnetic"
],
[
"tape",
"tape"
],
[
"previous",
"previous"
],
[
"block",
"block"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(computing) To move a magnetic tape to a previous block."
],
"topics": [
"computing",
"engineering",
"mathematics",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"sciences"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈbækˌspeɪs/"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "remove a character",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "kumittaa"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "remove a character",
"word": "hopa"
}
],
"word": "backspace"
}
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