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backslash

[ bak-slash ]

noun

  1. a short oblique stroke (\), a backward slash, used in some computer operating systems to mark the division between a directory and a subdirectory or its folders, as in designating a path.


backslash

noun

  1. a slash which slopes to the left \
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of backslash1

First recorded in 1975–80; back 1 + slash 1
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The real kicker came near the end of the convo, when I accidentally pressed a backslash and had to confront the whole suite of A.I. prompts: “/silent,” to send a message without a notification to my friend with whom I was making plans, and then a general Meta AI option, blue ring and all, available for me to “Ask questions.”

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But Jones said he was skeptical that the town hall would help CNN’s reputation in the long term, given the backslash.

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The Fn key that needs to be held down is half the width of the rest of the keys, and it’s wedged between the backslash and control buttons.

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Note the Fn key wedged between backslash and control.

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Cambridge inhabits a mere seven square miles outside Boston, angling like a backslash into the Charles River.

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