Usually means: Grave accent, used in coding.
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  1. backtick: Wiktionary
  2. backtick: Dictionary.com
  3. Backtick: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. backtick: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. backtick: Encyclopedia

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  1. backtick: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (backtick)

▸ noun:  (computing) The symbol `, resembling a reversed quotation mark.

Similar:
backquote, double-quote, backslash, corner bracket, ticker, tickmark, quotemark, pling, doublequote, straight quote, more...

Opposite:
forward slash, forward tick, forward prime

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Similar:
backquote, double-quote, backslash, corner bracket, ticker, tickmark, quotemark, pling, doublequote, straight quote, more...

Opposite:
forward slash, forward tick, forward prime



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