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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 \

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Word History and Origins

Origin of backslash1

First recorded in 1975–80; back 1 + slash 1

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