backslash vs forward slash

[rattlsnak]

OMG people..

THIS is a Backslash \
THIS is a Forward Slash / ( or just Slash or Whack )

Rant over...

[masraum]

Bang !
Hash, pound #

[74-911]

Back slash \ is from MS-DOS
Forward slash / is from Unix

[Joe Bob]

Ctrl Enter.....love that one.

[rattlsnak]

Yep, I'm talking about people who use the term 'backslash' when reading out URL's.
Like http colon backslash backslash or pelican parts dot com backslash off topic.
Aarrgghhhh.

[masraum]

Yep, I'm talking about people who use the term 'backslash' when reading out URL's.

Like http colon backslash backslash or pelican parts dot com backslash off topic.

Aarrgghhhh.

Weird, I've never heard anyone make that mistake. Most people just leave the protocol identifier off, I guess. I think I say "whack", h t t p colon whack whack...

[MysticLlama]

We always said whack was the \ and scratch was the /

And yes \ is back, and / is forward, I dunno why people really want to say the / is back? Weird, but very common.

[porsche4life]

And here I thought I was a nerd.....

[Heel n Toe]

There are slashes and backslashes.

There is no such thing as a forward slash.

Saying it that way is just redundant, IMO... like saying something occurred at "2 A.M. in the morning."

[dewolf]

Originally Posted by masraum

Bang !
Hash, pound #

I always thought it was a 'hatch' as in cross hatch.

[URY914]

What do you call it when you're talking to La-a. (Ladasha)?

[masraum]

Originally Posted by URY914

What do you call it when you're talking to La-a. (Ladasha)?

lahyphena?

[Zeke]

Why are you so pissy?

[GH85Carrera]

I remember the stone ages of setting up modems. My US Robotics Dual Standard had some set up strings that were real tongue twisters. I was helping a buddy set his modem up over the phone and reading the setup string I was using and a friend was at my house listing. She thought we were talking secret code.

[944Larry]

Originally Posted by porsche4life

And here I thought I was a nerd.....

Sidney, in my "Book of Nerds" you're not even mentioned!

[white85carrera]

Confirms it. This is the best place on the internet.

[Head416]

Originally Posted by MysticLlama

We always said whack was the \ ...

Ditto. Like when telling somebody to type in a UNC address: \\servername....

[masraum]

Originally Posted by MysticLlama

We always said whack was the \ and scratch was the /

And yes \ is back, and / is forward, I dunno why people really want to say the / is back? Weird, but very common.

Originally Posted by Head416

Ditto. Like when telling somebody to type in a UNC address: \\servername....

I'm not saying this is the definitive, but...

http://www.codejacked.com/know-your-keyboard-bang-splat-whack/

The next time you’re bored with a simple exclamation point, why not call it a bang (for computers) or a screamer (for typesetters)? Or how about the star or splat (asterisk), the oh-so-commonplace whack (forward slash), or some useful fingernails (parentheses, like these)?

Symbol Common Name Other Names
! exclamation exclamation mark/point,
bang,
screamer

* asterisk star,
splat

/ slash stroke,
whack,
virgule,
slant,
oblique

. period dot,
full stop (British)

# number sign pound sign,
hash (British),
octothorpe,
crosshatch

| vertical bar pipe,
split bar,
divider line

~ tilde twiddle,
squiggle

` acute grave,
backquote,
push,
back tick

^ caret circumflex accent,
hat

‘ apostrophe single quote,
prime mark

“ double quote inverted commas (British)

<> less than/greater than angle brackets,
chevrons

{ } braces curly brackets (British)

( ) parentheses round brackets,
brackets (British),
fingernails

[ ] brackets box/square brackets (primarily British)

\ backslash slosh

_ underscore understrike

[MysticLlama]

Originally Posted by Head416

Ditto. Like when telling somebody to type in a UNC address: \\servername....

Yeah, that was exactly the usage. \\servername\share\etc.

And yeah, when I said / is forward, I just meant it as *not* back, not that you actually say "forward slash", it's just a slash dammit.

[Head416]

When I'm on the phone with somebody and tell them to "click" on something and they ask "left-click?" I want to slap them!