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People constantly use 'backslash' when reading URLs out loud for no reason! It's just a slash!

• ben509 7y ago
  My guess is they're using the technical sounding word when they're reading a techy URL thing. Out of curiosity, if we're describing the two characters, which would logically be "down slash" and "up slash"?
  • GordonS 7y ago
    I've always called them backslash and forward slash. I had thought everyone did!
  • DanBC 7y ago
    For languages that read left to right: Downslash \ Upslash /
    • ben509 7y ago
      Oh, good, that was my intution as well.