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 make an opening in; to breach.
To leave suddenly.
To notch, as a sword or knife.
To check the size of a gap.
A vacancy, deficit, absence, or lack.
The shortfall between the amount the medical insurer will pay to the service provider and the scheduled fee for the item.
An opening in anything made by breaking or parting.
A hiatus, a pause in something which is otherwise continuous.
An opening allowing passage or entrance.
An opening that implies a breach or defect.
(usually written as "the gap") The disparity between the indigenous and non-indigenous communities with regard to life expectancy, education, health, etc.
An unsequenced region in a sequence alignment.
The regions between the outfielders.
A vacant space or time.
A mountain or hill pass.
A sheltered area of coast between two cliffs (mostly restricted to place names).