Foreslash

Pronunciation

Origin

From forward slash, as though using fore- in opposition to back in backslash.

Full definition of foreslash

Noun

1. (computing, rare, nonstandard) A forward slash (/).
• 1994, InfoWorld magazine (February 1994)Yes, that is a combination of foreslashes and backslashes.
• 1994, Bryan Pfaffenberger, I hate PCsDon'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 FrameworkThe command set print rat off . switches off the special printing for _/_ so that rational numbers will be printed with spaces around the foreslash sign.