Backslash (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Backslash" in English language version.

Last modified: 12:05:10, 2 August 2026 (UTC)

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2625web.archive.org

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33navy-radio.com

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33gnu.org

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33microsoft.com

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21deadcodersociety.org

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11catb.org

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11bitsavers.org

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11mit.edu

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11open-std.org

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11php.net

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11os2museum.com

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11github.com

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11bytes.com

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11devsource.com

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11securityfocus.com

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11paratext.org

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11infn.it

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11iso.org

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11proofwiki.org

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11wolfram.com

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11siao2.com

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11ietf.org

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bitsavers.org (Global: 3,844^th place; English: 1,960^th place)

"C compiler source". bitsavers.org. 1975. Archived from the original on 2011-08-15. Retrieved 2009-10-11.

bytes.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"When did Windows start accepting forward slash as a path separator?". Bytes.com. Archived from the original on 6 February 2009. Retrieved 2009-01-02.

catb.org (Global: 7,578^th place; English: 6,551^st place)

Raymond, Eric S. "ASCII". The Jargon File. Archived from the original on 2019-01-18. Retrieved 2007-07-28.

deadcodersociety.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

dump.deadcodersociety.org

Fischer, Eric (20 June 2000). "The Evolution of Character Codes, 1874–1968" (PDF). pp. 14–15 (Table 35). Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 November 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2022. Referencing Bemer, R.W.; Buchholz, W. (June 1, 1960). An Extended Character Set Standard (Technical report). Product Development Laboratory, Data Systems Division, International Business Machines Corporation. TR 00.721. Computer Standards Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, box 1.

devsource.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Kaplan, Simone (2004). "Microsoft Probes Flaw in ASP.NET". DevSource, sponsored by Microsoft. Ziff Davis Enterprise Holdings Inc. Retrieved 2009-06-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

github.com (Global: 380^th place; English: 337^th place)

Larson, Chris; Immerwahr, Don (1983), MS-DOS v1.25 and v2.0 Source Code, README.txt, Microsoft, archived from the original on 21 November 2022, retrieved 21 November 2022, The user manual contains some significant errors. Most of these are due to last minute changes to achieve a greater degree of compatibility with IBM's implementation of MS-DOS (PC DOS). This includes the use of "\" instead of "/" as the path separator, and "/" instead of "-" as the switch character. For transporting of batch files across machines, Microsoft encourages the use of "\" and "/" respectively in the U.S. market. [...] We apologize for any inconveniences these changes may have caused your technical publications staff.

gnu.org (Global: 1,901^st place; English: 1,743^rd place)

gnu.org

"3.1.1 Splitting long lines". GNU make manual. Archived from the original on June 5, 2018. Retrieved July 28, 2019.
Eaton, John W.; David Bateman; Søren Hauberg (February 2011). "GNU Octave: A high-level interactive language for numerical computations" (PDF). Free Software Foundation. p. 145. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2012.

gcc.gnu.org

"The C Preprocessor". GNU.org. Archived from the original on 2021-08-03. Retrieved 2021-01-04.

ietf.org (Global: 731^st place; English: 625^th place)

tools.ietf.org

Simonsen, Keld (1991-12-26). "RFC 1345". Tools.ietf.org. Archived from the original on 2016-06-13. Retrieved 2013-06-16.

infn.it (Global: low place; English: low place)

wwwcdf.pd.infn.it

"C0 control characters set, 1987". pd.infn.it. Archived from the original on 2019-09-06. Retrieved 2021-03-14.

iso.org (Global: 1,190^th place; English: 1,097^th place)

"Quantities and units – Part 2: Mathematical signs and symbols to be used in the natural sciences and technology". ISO 80000-2:2009. International Organization for Standardization. 15 April 2008. Archived from the original on 2014-03-26. Retrieved 2012-10-07.

microsoft.com (Global: 263^rd place; English: 259^th place)

msdn.microsoft.com

"Arithmetic Operators in Visual Basic". Visual Basic Language Features: Operators and Expressions. MSDN. 10 July 2012. Archived from the original on 17 September 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
"Path.GetFullPath Method". .NET Framework Class Library. Microsoft. Archived from the original on 21 December 2008. Retrieved 2009-01-02.

learn.microsoft.com

"Why is the DOS path character "\"?". Blogs.msdn.com. 2005-06-24. Archived from the original on 2022-11-19. Retrieved 2013-06-16.

mit.edu (Global: 476^th place; English: 340^th place)

stuff.mit.edu

"C compiler source". mit.edu. 1979. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2009-10-11.

navy-radio.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Bulletin 125, issue 2: Description and Adjustments of the Teletype Wheatstone Perforator (PDF). Teletype Corporation. May 1938 [August 1937]. p. ii. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-02-12. Retrieved 2021-03-15 – via navy-radio.com.
"Bulletin 188: Teletype automatic perforator set" (PDF). Teletype Corporation. August 1945. p. 6. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-12-19. Retrieved 2021-12-19 – via navy-radio.com.
"Bulletin 1025, issue 3: Parts for Teletype Wheatstone Perforator" (PDF). Teletype Corporation. July 1945. p. 9. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-12-19. Retrieved 2021-12-19 – via navy-radio.com.

open-std.org (Global: 7,079^th place; English: 5,042^nd place)

Seacord, Robert C. "Removing trigraphs??!" (PDF). www.open-std.org.

os2museum.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Necasek, Michal (24 May 2019). "Why Does Windows Really Use Backslash as Path Separator?". OS/2 Museum. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2019.

paratext.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

"USFM – Unified Standard Format Markers". paratext.org. 18 April 2017. Archived from the original on 13 August 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2013.

php.net (Global: 8,178^th place; English: 7,970^th place)

"Namespaces overview". php.net. Archived from the original on 2012-10-16. Retrieved 2012-10-10.

proofwiki.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Definition:Coset Space". ProofWiki. Archived from the original on 26 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2017.

securityfocus.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Burnett, Mark (2004). "Security Holes That Run Deep". SecurityFocus. Archived from the original on 2021-02-02. Retrieved 2009-06-14.

siao2.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"When is a backslash not a backslash?". Blogs.msdn.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-23. Retrieved 2013-06-16.

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; English: 1^st place)

Raymond, Eric S. "ASCII". The Jargon File. Archived from the original on 2019-01-18. Retrieved 2007-07-28.
Bulletin 125, issue 2: Description and Adjustments of the Teletype Wheatstone Perforator (PDF). Teletype Corporation. May 1938 [August 1937]. p. ii. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-02-12. Retrieved 2021-03-15 – via navy-radio.com.
"Bulletin 188: Teletype automatic perforator set" (PDF). Teletype Corporation. August 1945. p. 6. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-12-19. Retrieved 2021-12-19 – via navy-radio.com.
"Bulletin 1025, issue 3: Parts for Teletype Wheatstone Perforator" (PDF). Teletype Corporation. July 1945. p. 9. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-12-19. Retrieved 2021-12-19 – via navy-radio.com.
Fischer, Eric (20 June 2000). "The Evolution of Character Codes, 1874–1968" (PDF). pp. 14–15 (Table 35). Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 November 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2022. Referencing Bemer, R.W.; Buchholz, W. (June 1, 1960). An Extended Character Set Standard (Technical report). Product Development Laboratory, Data Systems Division, International Business Machines Corporation. TR 00.721. Computer Standards Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, box 1.
"C compiler source". bitsavers.org. 1975. Archived from the original on 2011-08-15. Retrieved 2009-10-11.
"C compiler source". mit.edu. 1979. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2009-10-11.
"The C Preprocessor". GNU.org. Archived from the original on 2021-08-03. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
"3.1.1 Splitting long lines". GNU make manual. Archived from the original on June 5, 2018. Retrieved July 28, 2019.
"Arithmetic Operators in Visual Basic". Visual Basic Language Features: Operators and Expressions. MSDN. 10 July 2012. Archived from the original on 17 September 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
"Namespaces overview". php.net. Archived from the original on 2012-10-16. Retrieved 2012-10-10.
"Why is the DOS path character "\"?". Blogs.msdn.com. 2005-06-24. Archived from the original on 2022-11-19. Retrieved 2013-06-16.
Necasek, Michal (24 May 2019). "Why Does Windows Really Use Backslash as Path Separator?". OS/2 Museum. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
Larson, Chris; Immerwahr, Don (1983), MS-DOS v1.25 and v2.0 Source Code, README.txt, Microsoft, archived from the original on 21 November 2022, retrieved 21 November 2022, The user manual contains some significant errors. Most of these are due to last minute changes to achieve a greater degree of compatibility with IBM's implementation of MS-DOS (PC DOS). This includes the use of "\" instead of "/" as the path separator, and "/" instead of "-" as the switch character. For transporting of batch files across machines, Microsoft encourages the use of "\" and "/" respectively in the U.S. market. [...] We apologize for any inconveniences these changes may have caused your technical publications staff.
"Path.GetFullPath Method". .NET Framework Class Library. Microsoft. Archived from the original on 21 December 2008. Retrieved 2009-01-02.
"When did Windows start accepting forward slash as a path separator?". Bytes.com. Archived from the original on 6 February 2009. Retrieved 2009-01-02.
Burnett, Mark (2004). "Security Holes That Run Deep". SecurityFocus. Archived from the original on 2021-02-02. Retrieved 2009-06-14.
"USFM – Unified Standard Format Markers". paratext.org. 18 April 2017. Archived from the original on 13 August 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
"C0 control characters set, 1987". pd.infn.it. Archived from the original on 2019-09-06. Retrieved 2021-03-14.
"Quantities and units – Part 2: Mathematical signs and symbols to be used in the natural sciences and technology". ISO 80000-2:2009. International Organization for Standardization. 15 April 2008. Archived from the original on 2014-03-26. Retrieved 2012-10-07.
"Definition:Coset Space". ProofWiki. Archived from the original on 26 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
"Integer Division". mathworld.wolfram.com. Archived from the original on 2020-02-21. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
Eaton, John W.; David Bateman; Søren Hauberg (February 2011). "GNU Octave: A high-level interactive language for numerical computations" (PDF). Free Software Foundation. p. 145. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
"When is a backslash not a backslash?". Blogs.msdn.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-23. Retrieved 2013-06-16.
Simonsen, Keld (1991-12-26). "RFC 1345". Tools.ietf.org. Archived from the original on 2016-06-13. Retrieved 2013-06-16.

wolfram.com (Global: 1,091^st place; English: 1,169^th place)

mathworld.wolfram.com

"Integer Division". mathworld.wolfram.com. Archived from the original on 2020-02-21. Retrieved 2020-03-10.

Backslash (English Wikipedia)

bitsavers.org (Global: 3,844th place; English: 1,960th place)

bytes.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

catb.org (Global: 7,578th place; English: 6,551st place)

deadcodersociety.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

dump.deadcodersociety.org

devsource.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

github.com (Global: 380th place; English: 337th place)

gnu.org (Global: 1,901st place; English: 1,743rd place)

gnu.org

gcc.gnu.org

ietf.org (Global: 731st place; English: 625th place)

tools.ietf.org

infn.it (Global: low place; English: low place)

wwwcdf.pd.infn.it

iso.org (Global: 1,190th place; English: 1,097th place)

microsoft.com (Global: 263rd place; English: 259th place)

msdn.microsoft.com

learn.microsoft.com

mit.edu (Global: 476th place; English: 340th place)

stuff.mit.edu

navy-radio.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

open-std.org (Global: 7,079th place; English: 5,042nd place)

os2museum.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

paratext.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

php.net (Global: 8,178th place; English: 7,970th place)

proofwiki.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

securityfocus.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

siao2.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

web.archive.org (Global: 1st place; English: 1st place)

wolfram.com (Global: 1,091st place; English: 1,169th place)

mathworld.wolfram.com

bitsavers.org (Global: 3,844^th place; English: 1,960^th place)

catb.org (Global: 7,578^th place; English: 6,551^st place)

github.com (Global: 380^th place; English: 337^th place)

gnu.org (Global: 1,901^st place; English: 1,743^rd place)

ietf.org (Global: 731^st place; English: 625^th place)

iso.org (Global: 1,190^th place; English: 1,097^th place)

microsoft.com (Global: 263^rd place; English: 259^th place)

mit.edu (Global: 476^th place; English: 340^th place)

open-std.org (Global: 7,079^th place; English: 5,042^nd place)

php.net (Global: 8,178^th place; English: 7,970^th place)

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; English: 1^st place)

wolfram.com (Global: 1,091^st place; English: 1,169^th place)