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A solidus is the forward slanting line that used to separate shillings from pence.
A virgule is the forward slanting line that separates the numbers in dates. 11/01/02
In computer keyboard symbols, there are duplications. There are forward slashes
called just slash, sometimes slants, hacks, wacks, and whacks. Then there are backslashes.
And the pipe is a vertical line that I remember with no pleasure having used long ago in DOS.
You can look them up at URL:http://www.computerhope.com/keys.htm
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