What is the <80>kb character code?

Suppose I was to type the following:

qq
oHello, Wordl!<BS><BS><BS>ld!<Esc>
q

For the purposes of illustration here, I'm using <BS> to stand for the backspace
key, and <Esc> to stand for the escape key. Now, if I put the contents of the
'q' register into the document (e.g. `:put q`), it looks like this:

oHello, wordl!<80>kb<80>kb<80>kbld!

It looks like Vim saves the actual key codes, so instead of the <Esc> notation I
get ^[. That much is clear, but I'm confused by the key code for the backspace
key: <80>kb. The <80> looks like four separate characters, but it's just a
single character. If I place my cursor on it and press `ga`, it reveals the
following info:

<Â<80>> 128, Hex 0080, Octal 200

What is this character? And how does <80>kb relate to the backspace key?

Thanks,
Drew

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