FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

APPLICATION SYSTEM SOFTWARE

DESKTOP PUBLISHING WORD PROCESSING SOFTWARE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which key is used to erase unwanted characters?
A
Shift
B
Tab
C
Backspace/delete
D
Return/enter
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The keyboard key used to delete the text character at, or to the right of, the screen cursor. Pressing Delete (DEL) also deletes the currently highlighted text, image or group of images. The Delete key removes characters to the right of the cursor, whereas the Backspace key deletes to the left.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Backspace key or Back space key is a keyboard key that deletes any character before the cursor’s current position. The Backspace key is sometimes called the rubout key.

Detailed explanation-3: -Backspace ( ← Backspace ) is the keyboard key that originally pushed the typewriter carriage one position backwards and in modern computer systems moves the display cursor one position backwards, deletes the character at that position, and shifts back the text after that position by one position.

Detailed explanation-4: -False. The backspace key does not delete the characters to the right of the cursor instead it deletes the characters to the left of the cursor.

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