: a mark \ used especially in computer programming
Examples of backslash in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebUnfortunately, those same power users will want to defenestrate the little laptop, due to its strange rehoming of the backslash key.—Jim Salter, Ars Technica, 21 June 2020
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