backslash
backslash synonyms
backslash definitions
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To escape (a metacharacter) by prepending a backslash that serves as an escape character, thereby forming an escape sequence.
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The punctuation mark \.
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Used erroneously in reference to, or in reading out, the ordinary slash, that is, the punctuation mark /.
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|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).}}