slash ==>
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.
(1996-09-24)
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