back quote"`" {ASCII} code 96. Common names: left quote; left single quote; open quote; {ITU-T}: grave accent; grave. Rare: backprime; {INTERCAL}: backspark; unapostrophe; birk; blugle; back tick; back glitch; push; {ITU-T}: opening single quotation mark; quasiquote. Back quote is used in {Unix} shells to invoke {command substitution}. (1996-11-26)