scrollback

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English

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Etymology

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scroll +‎ back

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (UK):(file)

Noun

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scrollback (uncountable)

  1. (computing) The part of a scrolling display that precedes the current line or section.
    • 1993 April, InfoWorld, volume 15, number 15:
      The program can hold as many as 5000 lines of a session in a scrollback buffer.
    • 1995, Charles Rubin, The Macintosh bible guide to ClarisWorks 4:
      New communications documents are set for a scrollback area of unlimited size […]
    • 2005, Dave Taylor, Learning UNIX for Mac OS X Tiger:
      The scrollback buffer allows you to scroll back and review earlier commands and command output.

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