| Subject | English | German |
| comp., MS | backward slash | umgekehrter Schrägstrich (A character used to separate directory names in MS-DOS and UNIX path specifications. When used as a leading character, it means that the path specification begins from the topmost level for that disk drive) |
| gen. | backward slash | Rückwärtsschrägstrich |
| gen. | backward slash, backslash | Rückwärtsschrägstrich |