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

The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.
Mark Twain