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 punitive strap such as a belt.
A rectangular piece of steel obtained by means of a shingling process involving hammering of puddled steel.
A small, thin piece of building material, often with one end thicker than the other, for laying in overlapping rows as a covering for the roof or sides of a building.
Any paddle used for corporal punishment.
A small signboard designating a professional office; this may be both a physical signboard or a metaphoric term for a small production company (a production shingle).
Small, smooth pebbles, as found on a beach.
To hammer and squeeze material in order to expel cinder and impurities from it, as in metallurgy.
To increase the storage density of (a hard disk) by writing tracks that partially overlap.
To cut, as hair, so that the ends are evenly exposed all over the head, like shingles on a roof.
To cover with small, thin pieces of building material, with shingles.
To beat with a shingle.