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The delete/rubout key on many old terminals had an X on it. Like this: http://www.cosam.org/images/vt220/keyboard.jpg http://www.cosam.org/images/vt220/keyboard
by lwh 12y ago
The delete/rubout key on many old terminals had an X on it. Like this: http://www.cosam.org/images/vt220/keyboard.jpg http://www.cosam.org/images/vt220/keyboard.jpg
- boobsbr 12y agoThe backspace key on my Lenovo keyboard is identical. And if I remember correctly, it was the same key on an electrical typewriter I used in the 90s.
- DanBC 12y agoOn typewriters you would backspace and then overtype an X. Those keyboards tend to just use the word "backspace" or a back arrow symbol. So typewriters use this symbol when they automate the overstrike or they moved to correction tape.
- TeMPOraL 12y agoSo that's where they took that Backspace icon on smartphone keyboards from...