slash or forward slash?

[japanjapan]

Dear teachers,
How should I call these two signs:
"/" "\"

which one is "slash"? Which one is "forward slash"?

Maybe their names have nothing to do with the word "slash", then what are they?

thanks

[MikeNewYork]

Dear teachers,
How should I call these two signs:
"/" "\"

which one is "slash"? Which one is "forward slash"?

Maybe their names have nothing to do with the word "slash", then what are they?

thanks

I know of no use for the backslash in English. That is computerese, IMO.

:wink:

[japanjapan]

Dear teachers,
How should I call these two signs:
"/" "\"

which one is "slash"? Which one is "forward slash"?

Maybe their names have nothing to do with the word "slash", then what are they?

thanks

I know of no use for the backslash in English. That is computerese, IMO.

:wink:

Your advice is very helpful, I looked up the word" backslash" and figured out the question.

"/" is called forward slash
"\" is called backslash.

thanks.

[Tdol]

If someone just says 'slash', I'd take they meant /.

[Tdol]

BTW What is '|' called?

[japanjapan]

BTW What is '|' called?

nice question!
I wanna know it too.

[shane]

In web design, I believe it is called 'pipe'.

From www.info.borland.com :

Use the pipe character, '|', to denote the caret position in the expanded template.

;)

[Tdol]

Does '¬' have a name?

[shane]

Does '¬' have a name?

That I do not know. ;)

[Tdol]

I don't its name or its use. ;-(