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| The '''delete key''', known less ambiguously as ''forward delete'', ''Del'', or ''⌦'', performs a function when struck on a ] during text or command editing which discards the character ahead of the ]'s position, moving all following characters one position "back" towards the freed place. The key appears on ] labeled as ''Delete'', or ''Del''. On ]s, the key which performs this function is labeled ''del'' and ''⌦'', as the full word ''delete'' is reserved for labelling the key otherwise known as ]. | |||
| The delete key may generate the ] delete character, 7F hex (127 decimal), which reflects its history in 7-bit ]. If a character was punched erroneously, punching out all seven bits caused it to be ignored (or deleted). Unix retained the Delete key as the way to erase characters, while DOS/Windows used the backspace (0x08, or control-H) instead. The delete key may also be mapped to ESC ] escape code for the "delete character" key.<ref>{{cite web | title=9.8 Keyboard configuration | work=Debian Policy Manual | url=http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-opersys.html#s9.8}}</ref> | |||
| 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. Othertimes, the Delete Key is in its original IBM notebook position of above and to the right of the Backspace key. Many laptops, to add keys on a non-standard size keyboard add rows of smaller keys above the Function Key line. On this line, the Delete Key is often the third key in from the right. On ]'s line of laptops (notably the ] and ]), the function of the delete key can be achieved by pressing the ] key and the delete/backspace key. | |||
| Sometimes this desired effect is replaced by inserting "^H" (or, less frequently, "^?") instead. This is related to ] for BS and DEL. | |||
| 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 ]). | |||
| The delete key, on many modern motherboards also functions to open the ] screen, when pressed after starting the computer. | |||
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