backslash (0 synonym found)

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Definition of backslash:

(n) : the punctuation mark, \, sometimes used to indicate the beginning and ending of an area of words being marked for correction; under DOS, the separator used after a drive letter followed by a colon or following the network name of a computer, to differentiate between the above and a filename or directory name, or following a directory name to indicate a filename or a subdirectory

Definition of backslash:

(n) : the punctuation mark, \, sometimes used to indicate the beginning and ending of an area of words being marked for correction; under DOS, the separator used after a drive letter followed by a colon or following the network name of a computer, to differentiate between the above and a filename or directory name, or following a directory name to indicate a filename or a subdirectory

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