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

Recent Examples on the Web The goal is simple: Quickly press the LED light-up buttons before pressing the back button for the next round. Katrina Cossey, Parents, 6 Mar. 2024 There's also a back button that goes to some completely unknown primary page. Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 12 July 2023 This thing is a beast with an AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme Processor, 7-inch touchscreen display, 16GB of memory paired with up to 2TB of on-board storage (expandable with microSD card), four action buttons, two analog sticks, four trigger buttons, two back buttons and more. Rudie Obias, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Dec. 2023 The pleats on its front convincingly disguise the style as a skirt, but the back looks like a pair of trouser shorts with a back button pocket. Nicola Fumo, Peoplemag, 1 Aug. 2023 Jamie Lee Curtis in Romona Keveza The night’s best supporting actress winner for Everything Everywhere All at Once, Jamie Lee Curtis wore a red crepe gown by Romona Keveza, featuring a deep V-neck and fluted skirt and accented with back buttons that extended to the end of the train. Laurie Brookins, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Feb. 2023 Label the note and hit the back button. New York Times, 1 Dec. 2021 Disney parks pin-back button is $5. oregonlive, 13 Apr. 2021 If you’re used to stock Android phones, you’re probably also thrown off by the button order along the bottom—Samsung has always put the back button on the opposite side as Google. Whitson Gordon, Popular Science, 29 June 2020

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Word History

First Known Use

1993, in the meaning defined above

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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 28 Apr. 2024.

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