Associations to the word «Backslash»

Wiktionary

BACKSLASH, noun. The punctuation mark \.
BACKSLASH, noun. (computing) (rare) (proscribed) Used erroneously in reference to, or in reading out, the ordinary slash, that is, the punctuation mark /.
BACKSLASH, verb. (computing) (transitive) To escape (a metacharacter) by prepending a backslash that serves as an escape character, thereby forming an escape sequence.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley