different between correction vs backslash

English

Alternative forms

• correxion (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French correccion (French correction), from Latin corr?cti?. Doublet of correctio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k????k??n/
• Hyphenation: cor?rec?tion
• Rhymes: -?k??n

Noun

correction (countable and uncountable, plural corrections)

1. The act of correcting.
2. A substitution for an error or mistake.
3. (chiefly in the plural) Punishment that is intended to rehabilitate an offender.
4. An amount or quantity of something added or subtracted so as to correct.
5. A decline in a stock market price after a large rise.
6. (procedure word, military) a station's indication that previous information was incorrect and will continue with correct information from the last correct transmitted

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• correction on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin corr?cti?, corr?cti?nem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?.??k.sj??/

Noun

correction f (plural corrections)

1. correction (all senses)
2. propriety (quality of being proper or correct)

Derived terms

• maison de correction

Related terms

• correct
• correcteur
• correctif
• corriger

Further reading

• “correction” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

back +? slash, because it is a slash going back against the direction of writing, in contrast to the common slash / (“slash, solidus, oblique, forward slash”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?bæk?slæ?/
• Rhymes: -æ?

Noun

backslash (plural backslashes)

1. The punctuation mark \.
2. (computing, rare, proscribed) Used erroneously in reference to, or in reading out, the ordinary slash, that is, the punctuation mark /.
   • 2001, James T. Bretzke, Bibliography on East Asian Religion and Philosophy, Edwin Mellen Press, ?ISBN, page 455:

     […] I was trying to find a web-site for which I had been given the following address: http://www.isop.ucla.edu/pacrim/pubs/korjournal.htm. […] I began to work backwards, removing first the last part of the address following the last backslash (/korjournal.htm).

   • 2010, Lee Vance, The Garden of Betrayal, Random House (2011), ?ISBN, page 25:

     “So, do what I tell you. Open a browser window and type this in the menu^[sic] bar: F-T-P colon backslash backslash euronews dot net backslash...”

     I pecked carefully at the keyboard as he dictated a URL that was about fifty characters long, […]

   • 2010, Frank Barnas and Ted White, Broadcast News Writing, Reporting, and Producing, Fifth Edition, Elsevier, ?ISBN, page 114:

     Also, avoid submenus^[sic] that can confuse the audience—if you're giving lengthy Web site addresses full of backslashes, shorten it so only the Web site's home page is given.

Usage notes

• Sometimes used to indicate the beginning and ending of an area of words being marked for correction.

Synonyms

• reverse solidus
• slosh
• whack

Antonyms

• slash

Coordinate terms

• slash

Translations

Verb

backslash (third-person singular simple present backslashes, present participle backslashing, simple past and past participle backslashed)

1. (computing, transitive) To escape (a metacharacter) by prepending a backslash that serves as an escape character, thereby forming an escape sequence.

See also

• backslash on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Typography

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English backslash.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?ksl??/
• Hyphenation: back?slash

Noun

backslash m (plural backslashes or backslashen, diminutive backslashje n)

1. backslash

Synonyms

• omgekeerde schuine streep
• schuine streep naar achter
• schuine streep naar links
• terugschrap
• terugstreep