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 cut a narrow opening.
To split into strips by lengthwise cuts.
To cut; to sever; to divide.
Having a cut narrow opening
A narrow cut or opening; a slot.
The opening of the vagina.
A woman, usually a sexually loose woman; a prostitute.