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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
     
     
see also:
ascii itu-t intercal ms-dos pathnames c 
unix 

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