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back·slash

/ˈbakˌslaSH/

noun
- 1. a backward-sloping diagonal line (), used to separate file and folder names in some path statements.
Scrabble Points: 20
- B
  3
- A
  1
- C
  3
- K
  5
- S
  1
- L
  1
- A
  1
- S
  1
- H
  4
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Backslash
Typographical mark used mainly in computing
The backslash \ is a mark used mainly in computing and mathematics. It is the mirror image of the common slash /. It is a relatively recent mark, first documented in the 1930s. It is sometimes called a hack, whack, escape (from C/UNIX), reverse slash, slosh, downwhack, backslant, backwhack, bash, reverse slant, reverse solidus, and reversed virgule. Wikipedia
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