斜杠（Slash）与反斜杠（backslash）

引自：http://public.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/backslash.html

This is a slash: /. Because the top of it leans forward, it is sometimes called a “forward slash.”

This is a backslash: \. Notice the way it leans back, distinguishing it from the regular slash.

Slashes are often used to indicate directories and subdirectories in computer systems such as Unix and in World Wide Web addresses. Unfortunately, many people, assuming “backslash” is some sort of technical term for the regular slash, use the term incorrectly, which risks confusing those who know enough to distinguish between the two but not enough to realize that Web addresses rarely contain backslashes.

翻译：

这是一个斜线：/。因为它的顶部前倾，它有时也被称为“斜线”。
这是一个反斜杠：\。注意它靠在椅子上，从经常斜杠区分的方式。
斜线经常被用来表示在计算机系统中，如Unix和在万维网地址的目录和子目录。不幸的是，许多人，假设“反斜线”是某种技术术语经常斜线，使用期限不正确的，哪些风险混淆那些谁知道够两个，但不足以区分认识到，网址很少含有反斜线。

反斜杠多出现于Windows系统的文件目录结构。