oblique stroke"/". 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)