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.

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Origin of backslash

1
First recorded in 1975–80; back1 + slash1

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British Dictionary definitions for backslash

backslash

noun
  1. a slash which slopes to the left \

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