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back slash

back slash is the alternative form of backslash.

Meaning of backslash

Noun

backslash (plural backslashes)

  1. The punctuation mark \ (a left-leaning diagonal line). (Common uses include (1) use as a delimiter in filepaths and (2) use as an escape character to mark literals.)
  2. (proscribed, rare) The punctuation mark /; a slash, forward slash.
    • […] I was trying to find a web-site for which I had been given the following address: http://www.isop.ucla.edu/pacrim/pubs/korjournal.htm. […] I began to work backwards, removing first the last part of the address following the last backslash (/korjournal.htm).2001, James T. Bretzke, Bibliography on East Asian Religion and Philosophy, Edwin Mellen Press, →ISBN, page 455

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Forms of back slash

pluralback slashes

Questions about back slash

What is back slash the alternative form of?
Back slash is the alternative form of backslash.

Words near back slash in the dictionary

  1. back shells
  2. back slang
  3. back slangs
  4. back slap
  5. back slaps
  6. back slash
  7. back slashes
  8. back squat
  9. back stairs
  10. back stamp
  11. back stamped

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