To escape (a metacharacter) by prepending a backslash that serves as an escape character, thereby forming an escape sequence.
The punctuation mark \.
Used erroneously in reference to, or in reading out, the ordinary slash, that is, the punctuation mark /.
|passage= […] 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).}}
To send (a person) away hastily.
To send (a shipment) with promptness.
To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.
To pass on for further processing, especially via a dispatch table (often with to).
To rid; to free.
To destroy (someone or something) quickly and efficiently.
To send (an important official message) promptly, by means of a diplomat or military officer.
To send (a journalist) to a place in order to report.
A mission by an emergency response service, typically involving attending to an emergency in the field.
A message sent quickly, as a shipment, a prompt settlement of a business, or an important official message sent by a diplomat, government official, military officer, etc.
The act of doing something quickly.
The passing on of a message for further processing, especially through a dispatch table.