Backslash

\
Backslash
In UnicodeU+005C \ REVERSE SOLIDUS (\)
Related
See alsoU+29F5 REVERSE SOLIDUS OPERATOR

U+29F9 BIG REVERSE SOLIDUS
U+FE68 SMALL REVERSE SOLIDUS

U+FF3C FULLWIDTH REVERSE SOLIDUS

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.[1][2]

  1. ^ Macquarie Dictionary (3rd edition)
  2. ^ Raymond, Eric S. "ASCII". The Jargon File. Archived from the original on 2019-01-18. Retrieved 2007-07-28.