👉 In computer programming, a backspace is a character that replaces one or more consecutive whitespace characters in a string with a single space. Backspaces are used to remove trailing spaces and other whitespace from strings. For example: - " Hello World " becomes "HelloWorld" - " LeadingTrailingSpaces " becomes "LeadingTrailingSpaces" - " LeadingTrailingSpaces " becomes "LeadingTrailingSpaces" So, a backspace is often used to clean up the