< character > "/". Common names include: (forward) slash; stroke; ITU-T : slant; oblique stroke. Rare: diagonal; solidus; over; slak; virgule; INTERCAL : slat.
Commonly used as the division operator in programming, and to separate the components in Unix pathnames , and hence also in URL s. Also used to delimit regular expressions in several programs.
(1996-09-24)