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.
The product or end result of an act of translating, in its various senses.
A relation between two mathematical figures such as a straight line where the coordinates of each point in one figure is a constant added to the coordinates of a corresponding point in the other figure.
The conversion of something from one form or medium to another.
A transfer of a holy relic from one shrine to another.
The automatic retransmission of a telegraph message.
A transfer of a disease from one body part to another.
An ascension to Heaven without death.
A transfer of a bishop from one diocese to another.
A motion or compulsion to motion in a straight line without rotation or other deformation.
The conversion of text from one language to another.
The discipline or study of translating written language (as opposed to interpretation, which concerns itself with spoken language).
The process whereby a strand of mRNA directs assembly of amino acids into proteins within a ribosome.
A transfer of motion occurring within a gearbox.