scrollback

English

Etymology

From scroll +‎ back.

Pronunciation

• Audio (UK):

  (file)

Noun

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.

Synonyms

• backscroll

Anagrams

• backscroll