reverse_solidus your keyboard
- Real Name:
- reverse_solidus
- Member Since:
- April 18, 2008
About Me
The backslash ( \ ) is a typographical mark (glyph) used chiefly in computing. It was first introduced in 1960 by Bob Bemer. Sometimes called a reverse solidus, it is the mirror image of the common slash. It is also known as a slosh. In colloquial speech, it is sometimes called a whack (however that term is considered to be properly a synonym only for the forward slash).
Other common terms for the character include hack, escape (from C/UNIX), reverse slash, backslant, and backwhack. Also, it is sometimes referred as bash, reverse slant, reversed virgule, or backslat.