"/"---is it slash or oblique?what is the name of this sign?

Answer 1

It is commonly called a foreward slash, but technically it is a virgule.

Answer 2

"The Elements of Typographic Style" calls it a "virgule" and describes it as:

An oblique stroke, used by medieval scribes and many later writers as a form of comma. It is also used to build level fractions, to represent a linebreak when verse is set as prose, and in dates, addresses and elsewhere as a sign of separation. Also called "slash" or "front slash" (to distinguish it from the back slash).

Also note that it is different from the "solidus," which appears as a very similar symbol, but is described as:

The fraction bar. Used with superior and inferior numbers to construct piece fractions. The solidus was a Roman imperial coin introduced by Constantine in 309 A.D. There were 72 solidi to the libra, the Roman pound, and 25 denarii to the solidus.

Answer 3

If you are talking technology, / is called a slash. or forward slash, as in http://, not to be confused with \ backslash which is sometimes used in web addresses. If you are talking to a techie and use "oblique" they won't know what you are talking about. (Unless they are body builders working on their "obliques"--muscles along side and front of the torso.)

Answer 4

A slash

Answer 5

this symbol is a slash. oblique is a type of geometry term as oblique triangle.

Answer 6

Forward Slash

Not sure why I got a thumbs down. We call it a forward slash to distinguish it from a back slash \.

Answer 7

We call it a slash, but it is really called a virgule

Answer 8

/=forward slash
oblique: (adj.) not horizonal or vertical; sloping; slanting...