foreslash

foreslash

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

foreslash (plural foreslashes)

1. (typography, computing, rare) Synonym of slash ⟨/⟩.
   • 1994 February, InfoWorld magazine:

     Yes, that is a combination of foreslashes and backslashes.

   • 1994, Bryan Pfaffenberger, I hate PCs:

     Don't confuse the backslash (\\) with the foreslash (/).

   • 1997, Sándor Suhai, Theoretical and computational methods in genome research:

     ...using transitions labelled by their input and output, separated by a foreslash, with x and y standing for any non-identical nucleotides...

   • 2007, Manuel Clavel, Francisco Durán, Steven Eker, Patrick Lincoln, Narciso Martí-Oliet, All About Maude - A High-Performance Logical Framework:

     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.