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Backslash vs Backlash - What's the difference?

backslash | backlash |

As nouns the difference between backslash and backlash

is that backslash is the punctuation mark \ while backlash is a sudden backward motion.

As verbs the difference between backslash and backlash

is that backslash is to escape (a metacharacter) by prepending a backslash that serves as an escape character, thereby forming an escape sequence while backlash is to cause or set off a backlash.

backslash

English

Noun

(backslashes)
  • The punctuation mark .
  • (computing, rare, proscribed)
  • * 2001 , James T. Bretzke, Bibliography on East Asian Religion and Philosophy , Edwin Mellen Press, ISBN 0-7734-7318-1, page 455:
    • I began to work backwards, removing first the last part of the address following the last backslash (''/korjournal.htm ).
  • * 2010 , Lee Vance, The Garden of Betrayal , Random House (2011), ISBN 978-0-307-39035-6, page 25:
    • “So, do what I tell you. Open a browser window and type this in the menu(SIC) bar: F-T-P colon backslash' '''backslash''' euronews dot net ' backslash ...”
    I pecked carefully at the keyboard as he dictated a URL that was about fifty characters long,
  • * 2010 , Frank Barnas and Ted White, Broadcast News Writing, Reporting, and Producing , Fifth Edition, Elsevier, ISBN 0080953972, page 114:
    • Also, avoid submenus(SIC) that can confuse the audience—if you're giving lengthy Web site addresses full of backslashes , shorten it so only the Web site's home page is given.

    Usage notes

    * Sometimes used to indicate the beginning and ending of an area of words being marked for correction.

    Synonyms

    * reverse solidus * slosh

    Coordinate terms

    * slash

    Verb

  • (computing) To escape (a metacharacter) by prepending a backslash that serves as an escape character, thereby forming an escape sequence.

    • See also

    * (wikipedia) (typography marks) ----

    backlash

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • A sudden backward motion.
  • A reaction, objection or outcry, especially of a violent or abrupt nature.
    • The public backlash to the proposal was quick and insistent.
  • (mechanics) The distance through which one part of connected machinery, as a wheel, piston, or screw, can be moved without moving the connected parts, resulting from looseness in fitting or from wear.
  • The jarring or reflex motion caused in badly fitting machinery by irregularities in velocity or a reverse of motion.

    • Verb

  • To cause or set off a backlash.
    • (en)