backslash (plural backslashes)
The punctuation mark \.
(computing, rare, proscribed) Used erroneously in reference to, or in reading out, the ordinary slash, that is, the punctuation mark /.
• Sometimes used to indicate the beginning and ending of an area of words being marked for correction.
• reverse solidus
• slosh
• whack
• slash
• slash
backslash (third-person singular simple present backslashes, present participle backslashing, simple past and past participle backslashed)
(computing, transitive) To escape (a metacharacter) by prepending a backslash that serves as an escape character, thereby forming an escape sequence.
Source: Wiktionary
22 January 2025
(noun) memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe)
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
