1. backslash "" ASCII code 92. Common names: escape from C/Unix; reverse slash; slosh; backslant; backwhack. Rare: bash; ITU-T: reverse slant; reversed virgule; INTERCAL: backslat. Backslash is used to separate components in MS-DOS pathnames, and to introduce special character sequence in C and Unix strings, e. g. " " for newline.
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