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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