/ back slash? or slash?


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so what technically is / ? is it back slash or just slash?

if it's back slash, then what is \ ? I always thought that \ was back slash, however, some people are now calling / a back slash. So which is correct?

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yes, having used dos and unix long before the modern day internet, thats exactly what i thought... now i can PROUDLY say i am sick of all these damn commercials saying the web addresses with "back slash" in them

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Too much television has content about computers made by n00bs and the computer uneducated.

"Ms. Megabyte" ****es me off the most, she even tried to hoard Windows ME :crazy: She passes herself off as an expert to other n00bs :no:

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Although.. in countries that write from right to left is it the other way round? :huh:

:D :woot: hsalskcab a \ llac yeht ton s'ti on

:rofl:

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in dos days \ = backslash

/ = slash and also switch

as in c:/windows (switch from c directory to windows directory)

you could also type cd windows ( Change Directory to Windows)

Cody

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While we're at it, here are some other names of symbols (you wouldn't believe the number of people who don't know what an ampersand is):

/   - Slash
\   - Back Slash
&   - Ampersand
~   - Tilde
^   - Caret
... - Ellipsis
_   - Underscore
{   - Left Curly Brace
}   - Right Curly Brace
[   - Left Square Bracket
]   - Right Square Bracket

:D

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While we're at it, here are some other names of symbols (you wouldn't believe the number of people who don't know what an ampersand is):
/ ? - Slash

\ ? - Back Slash

& ? - Ampersand

~ ? - Tilde

^ ? - Caret

... - Ellipsis

_ ? - Underscore

{ ? - Left Curly Brace

} ? - Right Curly Brace

[ ? - Left Square Bracket

] ? - Right Square Bracket[/co:D]

:D

Don't they teach people this in junior high :ohool?? :o

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Don't they teach people this in junior high school?? :o

No.

I remember my high school had a computer literacy class which is there I first heard someone explain these.

What a joke, teacher had to be help on several occassions.

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Don't they teach people this in junior high school?? :o

Sadly, no. I tell people to type "Ampersand" or that my e-mail addy has and "Underscore" and they get all confused and I have to say "The AND sign" or "Shift and the Dash Key".

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