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In many englishsome English language user interfaces, both virtual and physical, the words back and forward andare used instead of backward and forward.

An easy example is the web browser, where the buttonbuttons to navigatednavigate the history of a tab are labelled back and forward. Why is it back and not backward?

In French, the words are "précédent" and "suivant", which means "previous" and "next" and are opposites contrary to back and forward.

In many english user interfaces, both virtual and physical, the words back and forward and used instead of backward and forward.

An easy example is the web browser, where the button to navigated the history of a tab are labelled back and forward. Why is it back and not backward?

In French, the words are "précédent" and "suivant", which means "previous" and "next" and are opposites contrary to back and forward.

In some English language user interfaces, both virtual and physical, the words back and forward are used instead of backward and forward.

An easy example is the web browser, where the buttons to navigate the history of a tab are labelled back and forward. Why is it back and not backward?

In French, the words are "précédent" and "suivant", which means "previous" and "next" and are opposites contrary to back and forward.

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Why do we use back and forward instead of backward and forward?

In many english user interfaces, both virtual and physical, the words back and forward and used instead of backward and forward.

An easy example is the web browser, where the button to navigated the history of a tab are labelled back and forward. Why is it back and not backward?

In French, the words are "précédent" and "suivant", which means "previous" and "next" and are opposites contrary to back and forward.