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 proceed in sequence.
To encourage (a plant or branch) to grow in a particular direction or shape, usually by pruning and bending.
To improve one's fitness.
To create a trainer for; to apply cheats to (a game).
To teach and form (someone) by practice; to educate (someone).
To move (a gun) laterally so that it points in a different direction.
To practice an ability.
To trace (a lode or any mineral appearance) to its head.
A long, heavy sleigh used in Canada for the transportation of merchandise, wood, etc.
A set of interconnected mechanical parts which operate each other in sequence.
A transient trail of glowing ions behind a large meteor as it falls through the atmosphere or accompanying a comet as it nears the sun; tail.
A group of people following an important figure such as a king or noble; a retinue, a group of retainers.
A group or class of people.
A sequence of events or ideas which are interconnected; a course or procedure of something.
A trail or line of something, especially gunpowder.
A series of specified vehicles (originally tramcars in a mine as usual, later especially railway carriages) coupled together.
The tail of a bird.
A mechanical (traditionally steam-powered, now typically diesel or electrical) vehicle carrying a large number of passengers and freight along a designated track or path; a line of connected cars or carriages considered overall as a mode of transport; (as uncountable noun) rail or road travel.
The elongated body or form of something narrow and winding, such as the course of a river or the body of a snake.
The men and vehicles following an army, which carry artillery and other equipment for battle or siege.
An act wherein series of men line up and then penetrate a person, especially as a form of gang rape.
A set of things, events, or circumstances that follow after or as a consequence; aftermath, wake.
A series of electrical pulses.
The elongated back portion of a dress or skirt (or an ornamental piece of material added to similar effect), which drags along the ground.
A group of animals, vehicles, or people that follow one another in a line, such as a wagon train; a caravan or procession.
A software release schedule.