People constantly use 'backslash' when reading URLs out loud for no reason! It's...

ben509 · on May 25, 2019

My guess is they're using the technical sounding word when they're reading a techy URL thing.

Out of curiosity, if we're describing the two characters, which would logically be "down slash" and "up slash"?

GordonS · on May 26, 2019

I've always called them backslash and forward slash. I had thought everyone did!

DanBC · on May 26, 2019

For languages that read left to right:

Downslash \

Upslash /

ben509 · on May 28, 2019

Oh, good, that was my intution as well.