DELETEKEY
Delete key
When struck on a computer keyboard during text or command editing, the delete key discards the character ahead of the cursor's position, moving all following characters one position "back" towards the freed letterspace. The key appears on IBM-compatible PC keyboards labeled as 'Delete' or 'Del'. On some Mac keyboards, the key that performs the forward delete function is labeled 'del', or with a special right arrow glyph enclosing an 'x' with the word del or delete above or to the left of it, since the full word delete by itself is reserved for labelling the key known on other keyboards as Backspace.The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Delete key
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