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 attack a piece which has a less valuable piece behind it.
To impale on a skewer.
To severely mock or discredit.
That which skews something.
A long pin, normally made of metal or wood, used to secure food during cooking.
A scenario in which a piece attacks a more valuable piece which, if it moves aside, reveals a less valuable piece.
Food served on a skewer.