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

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery