It faces forward. You can easily remember as the direction is in the name "forward slash"
Wiki User
β 11y ago:/ = sort of in between :| and :(
forward
the / forward slash means or
Forward slash ( /)
forward slash - division operator backward slash - special character (e.g. \n - newline) in C strings
It is the / mark - it is slanted forward as you read left-to-right. A back slash is the \ mark.
/ is a forward slash \ is a backslash
The cast of Forward Slash - 2010 includes: Kristin Green as Jill
The pipe symbol is a vertical bar (|), not a forward slash.
with
A backslash (one word, no hyphen) is used on Windows to indicate folder levels in a path to a file. A forward slash (not one word) is used in internet addresses (and in Unix paths). So, If you hear a website address being read out as "dot com backslash [something]" do not type that - use a forward slash (the one near the shift key; the one that leans forward)
It is the forward slash ("/").