backtick

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English

Etymology

From back +‎ tick.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbæk.tɪk/
  • Audio (UK):(file)
  • Rhymes: -æktɪk

Noun

backtick (plural backticks)

  1. (computing) The symbol `, resembling a reversed quotation mark.
    • 2000, Lincoln D Stein, Network Programming with Perl:
      The backtick acts like the double-quote operator.

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