backslash

As a noun backslash

is the punctuation mark .

As a verb backslash

is (computing|transitive) to escape (a metacharacter) by prepending a backslash that serves as an escape character, thereby forming an escape sequence.

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

As nouns the difference between oblique and backslash

is that oblique is an oblique line while backslash is the punctuation mark \.

As verbs the difference between oblique and backslash

is that oblique is to deviate from a perpendicular line; to move in an oblique direction while backslash is to escape (a metacharacter) by prepending a backslash that serves as an escape character, thereby forming an escape sequence.

As an adjective oblique

is not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined.

As nouns the difference between foreslash and backslash

is that foreslash is a forward slash (/) while backslash is the punctuation mark \.

As a verb backslash is

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

As nouns the difference between backslash and backsplash

is that backslash is the punctuation mark \ while backsplash is a vertical covering on a wall rising above a countertop or other work surface to protect the wall from spills and to decorate the wall.

As a verb backslash

is to escape (a metacharacter) by prepending a backslash that serves as an escape character, thereby forming an escape sequence.

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and backslash

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while backslash is the punctuation mark .

As a verb backslash is

(computing|transitive) to escape (a metacharacter) by prepending a backslash that serves as an escape character, thereby forming an escape sequence.