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    @key{DEL} is a _logical_ key, that key which happens to generate ASCII
    DEL (0x7f) when you press it.  So the sentence "Emacs binds @key{DEL} to
    the command @code{delete-backward-char} by default." would be entirely
    appropriate.

That's true, more or less--except that under X all keys are "logical"
in this sense.

Thus, `DEL' stands for ASCII code DEL.
'DELETE' stands for the symbol DELETE.