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On computer keyboards, the delete key (sometimes shortened "Del"), should, during normal text editing, discard the character at the cursor's position, moving all following characters one position "back" towards the freed place. On Macintosh computers, however, the backspace key is called the delete key, while a separate key, also called delete and in the traditional location above the cursor arrows, serves as a forward delete key. Image File history File links Key_delete. ... Image File history File links Delete. ... Image File history File links Delete. ... The first Macintosh computer, introduced in 1984, upgraded to a 512K Fat Mac The Macintosh, or Mac, is a line of personal computers designed, developed, manufactured, and marketed by Apple Computer. ... A computer keyboard is a peripheral modeled after the typewriter keyboard. ... A typical arrow-like mouse cursor. ...

The ASCII value of the delete key is 0xff (0377), which reflects its history in 8 bit paper tape. If a character was punched erroneously, punching out all eight bits caused it to be ignored (or deleted). Unix retained the Delete key as the way to erase characters, while PCs used the backspace (0x08, or control-H) instead.

On many notebook computer keyboards the key labeled Delete (sometimes Delete and Backspace are printed on the same key) serves the same purpose as a Backspace key.

Sometimes this desired effect is replaced by inserting "^H" (or, less frequently, "^?") instead. This is related to ASCII control characters for BS and DEL. There are 95 printable ASCII characters, numbered 32 to 126. ...

Also, the delete key often works as a generic command to remove an object (such as an image embedded in a document, or a file in a file manager). A file manager is a computer program that provides a user interface to work with file systems. ...

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