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backslash
[ bak-slash ]
noun
- 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
- a slash which slopes to the left \
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of backslash1
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Example Sentences
But Jones said he was skeptical that the town hall would help CNN’s reputation in the long term, given the backslash.
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.
Note the Fn key wedged between backslash and control.
Cambridge inhabits a mere seven square miles outside Boston, angling like a backslash into the Charles River.
The institute signed an agreement with the government of French Polynesia to build a lagoon in Tahiti in 2017, but the French Polynesian government has since declared that project void after public backslash.
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