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 escape (a metacharacter) by prepending a backslash that serves as an escape character, thereby forming an escape sequence.
A metaphorical course or route; progress.
A slot available for allocation to a railway train over a given route in between other trains.
Pathology.
A method or direction of proceeding.
A sequence of vertices from one vertex to another using the arcs (edges). A path does not visit the same vertex more than once (unless it is a closed path, where only the first and the last vertex are the same).
A trail for the use of, or worn by, pedestrians.
A continuous map f from the unit interval I=[0,1] to a topological space X.
A course taken.
A Pagan tradition, for example witchcraft, Wicca, druidism, Heathenry.
A human-readable specification for a location within a hierarchical or tree-like structure, such as a file system or as part of a URL.
To navigate through a file system directory tree (to a desired file or folder).
To make a path in, or on (something), or for (someone).