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Backslash
Meaning
Noun
●
In Punctuation marks:
The
punctuation mark
\.
●
In Computing:
Used
erroneously
in reference to
, or in
reading out
, the
ordinary
slash
, that is, the
punctuation mark
/.
●
2010, Lee Vance, The Garden of Betrayal, Random House,
published
2011, →ISBN,
page
25: “So,
do what
I
tell
you. Open a
browser
window
and type this in the menu^([sic])
bar
: F-T-P
colon
backslash
backslash
euronews
dot
net
backslash
...” I
pecked
carefully
at the
keyboard
as he
dictated
a URL that was about
fifty
characters
long, […]
2010, Lee Vance, The Garden of Betrayal, Random House,
published
2011, →ISBN,
page
25
“So,
do what
I
tell
you. Open a
browser
window
and type this in the menu^([sic])
bar
: F-T-P
colon
backslash
backslash
euronews
dot
net
backslash
...”
I
pecked
carefully
at the
keyboard
as he
dictated
a URL that was about
fifty
characters
long,
●
2010, Frank Barnas, Ted White, Broadcast News Writing, Reporting, and Producing, Fifth Edition, Elsevier, →ISBN,
page
114: Also,
avoid
submenus^([sic]) that can
confuse
the audience—if
you're
giving
lengthy
Web
site
addresses
full
of
backslashes
,
shorten
it so only the Web
site
's
home page
is given.
2010, Frank Barnas, Ted White, Broadcast News Writing, Reporting, and Producing, Fifth Edition, Elsevier, →ISBN,
page
114
Also,
avoid
submenus^([sic]) that can
confuse
the audience—if
you're
giving
lengthy
Web
site
addresses
full
of
backslashes
,
shorten
it so only the Web
site
's
home page
is given.
Verb
●
In Computing:
To
escape
(a
metacharacter
) by
prepending
a
backslash
that
serves
as an
escape character
, thereby
forming
an
escape
sequence.
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Wiktionary
Origin
backslash
English
back
English
bak
Middle English (1100-1500)
bæc
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
slash
English
Sourced from
Etym
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