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Meaning of "backslash" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF BACKSLASH

backslash


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BACKSLASH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Backslash is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BACKSLASH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Backslash

The backslash is a typographical mark used mainly in computing and is the mirror image of the common slash. It is sometimes called a hack, whack, escape, reverse slash, slosh, backslant, downhill, backwhack, and in rare occasions, bash, reverse slant, and reversed virgule. In Unicode, it is encoded at U+005C \ reverse solidus.

Definition of backslash in the English dictionary

The definition of backslash in the dictionary is a slash which slopes to the left \.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BACKSLASH

backscratching · backseat · backset · backsey · backsheesh · backshore · backside · backsight · backslap · backslapper · backslid · backslide · backslider · backsliding · backspace · backspace key · backspacer · backspeir · backspin · backsplash

WORDS THAT END LIKE BACKSLASH

backlash · backsplash · blash · clash · electroclash · electronic flash · eyelash · flash · forward slash · goulash · green flash · hot flash · lash · newsflash · photoflash · plash · slash · splash · water splash · whiplash

Synonyms and antonyms of backslash in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «backslash» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF BACKSLASH

Find out the translation of backslash to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of backslash from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «backslash» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

反斜线符号
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

barra invertida
570 millions of speakers
en

English

backslash
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

बैकस्लैश
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شَرْطَة مائِلَة لِلخَلْف
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

обратная косая черта
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

barra invertida
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

ব্যাকস্ল্যাশ
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

barre oblique inversée
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Backslash
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Backslash
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

バックスラッシュ
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

백슬래시
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Backslash
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dấu vạch chéo ngược
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

பின்சாய்வுக்கோடானது
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

बॅकस्लॅश
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Ters eğik çizgi
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

barra inversa
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

ukośnik
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

зворотна скісна риска
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

bară oblică inversă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ανάποδη κάθετος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

backslash
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

omvänt snedstreck
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

omvendt skråstrek
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of backslash

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BACKSLASH»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of backslash
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «backslash».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about backslash

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BACKSLASH»

Discover the use of backslash in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to backslash and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Ruby Programming Language
If you need to place an apostrophe within a single-quoted string literal, precede it with a backslash so that the Ruby interpreter does not think that it terminates the string: 'Won\'t you read O\'Reilly\'s book?' The backslash also works to escape ...
David Flanagan, Yukihiro Matsumoto, 2008
2
UNIX Shell Programming
S lines=one\ Try it with a \ instead > two S echo "Slines' onetwo S The shell treats a backslash at the end of the line as a line continuation. It removes the newline character that follows and also does not treat the newline as an argument ...
Stephen G. Kochan, Patrick H. Wood, 2003
3
Regular Expressions Cookbook
PHP PHP requires backslashes followed by a digit, and dollar signs followed by a digit or opening curly brace, to be escaped with a backslash. A backslash also escapes another backslash. Thus, you need to write «\\\\» to replace with two ...
Jan Goyvaerts, Steven Levithan, 2012
4
Beginning Regular Expressions
Backslash. You have seen that the backslash (\) is frequently used as part of a pair of characters that escape a character that would otherwise be interpreted as a metacharacter in a regular expression pattern, or the backslash is used together ...
Andrew Watt, 2005
5
Oracle SQL*Plus: The Definitive Guide: The Definitive Guide
One solution is to precede the ampersand character with a backslash, which is the default SQL*Plus escape character, like this: DEFINE friends = "Joe \& Matt" However, the escape feature is not on by default. In order for this approach to work, ...
Jonathan Gennick, 2004
6
Learning Perl
Any character other than a single quote or a backslash between the quote marks (including newline characters, if the string continues on to successive lines) stands for itself inside a string. To get a backslash, put two backslashes in a row, and ...
Randal Schwartz, brian foy, Tom Phoenix, 2011
7
Beginning Portable Shell Scripting: From Novice to Professional
The backslash is the most complex quoting mechanism because its behavior is almost, but not quite, perfectly consistent. Normally, a backslash followed by any other character is treated by the shell as that other character, deprived of any ...
Peter Seebach, 2008
8
Compiler Construction Using Java, JavaCC, and Yacc
print ("hello\\ "); Here the second quote should be treated as the terminating quote even though it is preceded by the backslash. The double backslash sequence represents a single ordinary backslash. So in reality, the second quote is not ...
Anthony J. Dos Reis, 2012
9
Scripting with Objects: A Comparative Presentation of ...
Lines (Q) through (T) demonstrate that when a backslash is not performing duty in an escape sequence inside a quoted string, its meaning is taken literally. That is, it becomes an ordinary character in the string. Lines (U) through (X) show that  ...
Avinash C. Kak, 2012
10
Beginning Lua Programming
You can use the backslash character (\)inside double- and single-quoted strings to do things that would otherwise be inconvenient or impossible. When the double quote character occurs within a double-quoted string, it has a special meaning: ...
Kurt Jung, Aaron Brown, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BACKSLASH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term backslash is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Your Creative Calendar: 74 Things To Do, See, And Hear This July
Not since Face/Off changed the game by putting a backslash in its title have we seen a project this promising. Ben Kingsley plays a billionaire ... «Co.Create, Jul 15»
2
Dell Inspiron 15 7000 (2015) Review
Furthermore, there are undersized keys such as the backslash and backspace which frustrate the typing experience. The humongous touch ... «ComputerShopper.com, Jul 15»
3
'Pokemon Shuffle' Goes Mobile; Game to Launch Later This Year
... and Android platform will use the microtransactions scheme as in the 3DS version, the video game might suffer the same critical backslash. «Realty Today, Jun 15»
4
Janet Jackson Songs: Queen of Pop Honored in 2015 BET Awards …
Although the show as a success, the 2015 BET Awards faced backslash in connection with Jackson's award earlier this month. According to ... «Christianity Daily, Jun 15»
5
Houston's million-dollar home foreclosures
The kitchen is warmly lit by a delicate chandelier, which combines with the mosaic tile backslash and granite counters. For Houston homes in ... «Chron.com, Jun 15»
6
Lenovo LaVie Z 360
The Enter key is a vertical block spanning two rows; we were constantly hitting the ill-placed backslash key which is normally located a row ... «ComputerShopper.com, Jun 15»
7
KPCB's Anjney Midha talks about his goals with Edge
... Edge: Engineering Partner Roneil Rumburg, who came to the firm from Bitcoin payments company Backslash; and Product Partner Ruby Lee ... «VatorNews, Jun 15»
8
Kleiner Perkins to Write Smaller Checks With $4 Million Fund
... of Magic Leap, the augmented reality company; Ruby Lee, who previously worked at Google; and Roneil Rumburg, the founder of Backslash, ... «New York Times, Jun 15»
9
Review: Jurassic World has undeniably sloppy charm - and it's a …
A backslash is already building against Howard's heroine and with justification – she's a starched nincompoop who outruns a T-Rex in heels, ... «Irish Independent, Jun 15»
10
Lenovo LaVie Z 360 Laptop Review: Is It Good for Business?
Speaking of redundancies, an extra backslash key has been inserted to the left of the unusually small spacebar. The Enter key is also too ... «Business News Daily, Jun 15»
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