Backslash

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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  backslash
       
           "\" {ASCII} code 92.  Common names: escape (from
          C/Unix); reverse slash; slosh; backslant; backwhack.  Rare:
          bash; {ITU-T}: reverse slant; reversed virgule; {INTERCAL}:
          backslat.


       
          Backslash is used to separate components in {MS-DOS}
          {pathnames}, and to introduce special character sequence in
          {C} and {Unix} strings, e.g. "\n" for newline.
       
          (2000-02-21)