foreslash
English edit
Etymology edit
fore- + slash, a retronym, distinguishing slash from backslash; compare forward slash.
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
foreslash (plural foreslashes)
- (typography, computing, rare) Synonym of slash ⟨/⟩.
- 1994 February, InfoWorld:
- 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.