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foreslash en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From fore- + slash, a retronym, distinguishing slash from backslash; compare forward slash.

Meanings

1. (rare) Synonym of slash ⟨/⟩.
   • Don't confuse the backslash (\) with the foreslash (/). 1994, Bryan Pfaffenberger, I hate PCs:
   • The command set print rat off . switches off the special printing for _/_ so that rational numbers will be printed with spaces around the foreslash sign. 2007, Manuel Clavel, Francisco Durán, Steven Eker, Patrick Lincoln, Narciso Martí-Oliet, All About Maude - A High-Performance Logical Framework:
   • ...using transitions labelled by their input and output, separated by a foreslash, with x and y standing for any non-identical nucleotides... 1997, Sándor Suhai, Theoretical and computational methods in genome research:
   • Yes, that is a combination of foreslashes and backslashes. 1994 February, InfoWorld:

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Synonyms

slash