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 kill; to eliminate.
To damage (especially electronics) with electrostatic discharge.
To use a remote control to repeatedly change channels on a television.
To further energize or charge (magnetic material).
To make a zap sound.
To strike (something or someone) with electricity or energy, as by shooting.
To heat (something) in a microwave oven.
To photocopy.
To delete or discard (electronic media).
An electric shock.
A sound made by a sudden release of electricity or some similar energy.
The act of heating something in a microwave oven.
A raucous public demonstration designed to embarrass a public figure or celebrity as a form of political activism.
Representing the sound or action of a zap.