"" ASCII code 92. Common names: escape (from C/Unix) reverse slash slosh backslant backwhack. Rare: bash ITU-T: reverse slant reversed virgule INTERCAL: backslat. Backslash is used to separate components in MS-DOSpathnames, and to introduce special character sequence in C and Unix strings, e.g. "
" for newline. (2000-02-21)