@cindex @key{BACKSPACE} vs @key{DEL}
@cindex usual erasure key
- Every keyboard has a large key, usually labelled @key{Backspace},
+ Every keyboard has a large key, usually labeled @key{Backspace},
which is ordinarily used to erase the last character that you typed.
We call this key @dfn{the usual erasure key}. In Emacs, it is
supposed to be equivalent to @key{DEL}.