backtick

English

Etymology

back +‎ tick

Pronunciation

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

Noun

backtick (plural backticks)

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

Synonyms

backquote

Derived terms

backticked

Translations

the symbol `, resembling a reversed quotation mark

Czech: zpětný apostrof, obrácený apostrof m
Esperanto: malapostrofo
German: Backtick m
Hungarian: fordított félidézőjel

See also

grave accent

Further reading

“backtick”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
backtick, backquote at Google Ngram Viewer

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