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 narrow miss or escape; a close shave.
A thin slice; a shaving.
A hand tool consisting of a sharp blade with a handle at each end; a spokeshave.
An instance of shaving.
To make (the head, skin etc.) bald or (the hair) shorter by using a tool such as a razor or electric clippers to cut the hair close to the skin.
To cut anything in this fashion.
To remove hair from one's face by this means.
To skim along or near the surface of; to pass close to, or touch lightly, in passing.
To cut finely, as with slices of meat.
To reduce in size or weight.