5.22.2006

"Backslash" in Usage

backslash

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English; 2006
back·slash / bak-slaSH/
• n. Comput. a backward-sloping diagonal line (\), used to separate file and folder names in a path statement.

© The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English 2006, originally published by Oxford University Press 2006.

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