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1 definition found From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [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)