Backslash
The backslash (Template:Char), is a glyph mostly used in computing. It has other names, like reverse slash, backslant, and slosh.[1] It is not used in normal writing, which is one reason for its use in computing.
Backslash Media
A Teletype Wheatstone Perforator keyboard from the 1930s, with backslash in the end of the third row
Teletype ASR-33 keyboard layout with ASCII character set, prior to June 14, 1966, with backslash on shift+L
Reference
- ↑ "backslash from FOLDOC". Free On-Line Dictionary Of Computing. 2000-02-21. Retrieved 2023-10-10.