back button

noun

computers
: an icon on a computer screen that typically depicts a backward pointing arrow and that returns the user to a previously shown window or web page

called also back arrow

Examples of back button in a Sentence

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Just like on the Steam Deck, the gamepad comes with touch sensors on its joysticks for motion controls and mappable back buttons. Emma Roth, The Verge, 5 Nov. 2024 Similarly, there’s no back button for resetting AirPods, for instance. David Phelan, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024 There are no back buttons whatsoever, which means considerably less control flexibility and customization. Jason Evangelho, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024 The icons, from the far left, take you to the app drawer, search, recently opened apps, and the home screen, and there's also a back button. David Nield, WIRED, 4 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for back button 

Word History

First Known Use

1993, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of back button was in 1993

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“Back button.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/back%20button. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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