oblique stroke
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oblique stroke
(character)"/". Common names include: (forward) slash;
stroke; ITU-T: slant; oblique stroke. Rare: diagonal;
solidus; over; slak; virgule; INTERCAL: slat.
Commonly used as the division operator in programming, and to separate the components in Unix pathnames, and hence also in URLs. Also used to delimit regular expressions in several programs.
Commonly used as the division operator in programming, and to separate the components in Unix pathnames, and hence also in URLs. Also used to delimit regular expressions in several programs.
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