What do you call this?

[redpete17]

What name do you give to this character: /

If so, what would you call the opposite one: \
??

 

[InnerRebellion]

/ is the backslash.
\ is the forward slash.
If I remember correctly.

 

[CM156_v1legacy]

What name do you give to this character: /

If so, what would you call the opposite one: \
??

I would call the first one "Slash" and the second one "Back-slash"

 

[jhlip]

Slash and slash's lazy cousin Tim.

 

[Trivun]

/ is the backslash.
\ is the forward slash.
If I remember correctly.

Wrong way around, otherwise, spot on.

/ = slash.
\ = backslash.

 

[burningdragoon]

/ is the backslash.
\ is the forward slash.
If I remember correctly.

There's a lot of debate on this and I used to agree with that, but I believe it's the opposite.

\ is backslash. The slash is leaning backwards
/ is slash or forward slash. The slash is leaning forward.

 

[InnerRebellion]

/ is the backslash.
\ is the forward slash.
If I remember correctly.

Wrong way around, otherwise, spot on.

/ = slash.
\ = backslash.

/ is the backslash.
\ is the forward slash.
If I remember correctly.

There's a lot of debate on this and I used to agree with that, but I believe it's the opposite.

\ is backslash. The slash is leaning backwards
/ is slash or forward slash. The slash is leaning forward.

I suppose it could be a matter of how you look at it?

 

[Angel Molina]

Ahh... Wikipedia, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backslash] what would we do without you?

Btw, / = Slash or forward slash
\ = backslash, reverse solidus, or slosh

 

[ThatDaveDude1]

/ is the backslash.
\ is the forward slash.
If I remember correctly.

Wrong way around, otherwise, spot on.

/ = slash.
\ = backslash.

/ is the backslash.
\ is the forward slash.
If I remember correctly.

There's a lot of debate on this and I used to agree with that, but I believe it's the opposite.

\ is backslash. The slash is leaning backwards
/ is slash or forward slash. The slash is leaning forward.

I suppose it could be a matter of how you look at it?

Google is your friend: http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/backslash.html

 

[loc978]

/ is the backslash.
\ is the forward slash.
If I remember correctly.

Wrong way around, otherwise, spot on.

/ = slash.
\ = backslash.

/ is the backslash.
\ is the forward slash.
If I remember correctly.

There's a lot of debate on this and I used to agree with that, but I believe it's the opposite.

\ is backslash. The slash is leaning backwards
/ is slash or forward slash. The slash is leaning forward.

I suppose it could be a matter of how you look at it?

Not really...
/ = slash
\ = backslash

DOS prompts used to read C:\ or "see colon backslash".
Hypertext URLs read http:// or "aytch tee tee pee colon slash slash".

also, slashdot:

 

[InnerRebellion]

/ is the backslash.
\ is the forward slash.
If I remember correctly.

Wrong way around, otherwise, spot on.

/ = slash.
\ = backslash.

/ is the backslash.
\ is the forward slash.
If I remember correctly.

There's a lot of debate on this and I used to agree with that, but I believe it's the opposite.

\ is backslash. The slash is leaning backwards
/ is slash or forward slash. The slash is leaning forward.

I suppose it could be a matter of how you look at it?

Google is your friend: http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/backslash.html

I reject your reality and substitute it with my own!

Oh, well.. nevermind. I've been outdone!

 

[Rayne870]

/ is the backslash.
\ is the forward slash.
If I remember correctly.

Wrong way around, otherwise, spot on.

/ = slash.
\ = backslash.

Slash is also known as forslash, forward slash.

 

[burningdragoon]

Google is your friend: http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/backslash.html

Oh man, that site is awesome right there.

 

[InnerRebellion]

/ is the backslash.
\ is the forward slash.
If I remember correctly.

Wrong way around, otherwise, spot on.

/ = slash.
\ = backslash.

/ is the backslash.
\ is the forward slash.
If I remember correctly.

There's a lot of debate on this and I used to agree with that, but I believe it's the opposite.

\ is backslash. The slash is leaning backwards
/ is slash or forward slash. The slash is leaning forward.

I suppose it could be a matter of how you look at it?

Not really...
/ = slash
\ = backslash

DOS prompts used to read C:\ or "see colon backslash".
Hypertext URLs read http:// or "aytch tee tee pee colon slash slash".

also, slashdot:

Reality is harsh. So I reject it!

Jokes aside, it seems I've been proven misinformed.

 

[loc978]

I reject your reality and substitute it with my own!

Oh, well.. nevermind. I've been outdone!

All is forgiven. Your reference has cleared you. Now watch this video so that you know we're on the same wavelength here:

 

[emeraldrafael]

Slash and backslash (I interchange them).

 

[Fr]anc[is]

Hmm... / would be Carl, and \ is Paul

 

[redpete17]

The way I learned it was the way loc978 said it:
"DOS prompts used to read C:\ or "see colon backslash".
"Hypertext URLs read http:// or "aytch tee tee pee colon slash slash".

I brought this up because it seems like whenever I hear a news report which quotes a website they invariably say "haych tee tee pee colon back-slash back-slash." Makes me scream at the radio or TV.

When I polled people IRL, I got about a 50-50 split on answers.

 

[WorldCritic]

I would name the first one Graham and the second one Paul. Sorry I've been watching a lot of LRR lately.