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//

See also: / / and ://

Translingual

Punctuation mark

//

  1. (programming) In some programming languages, begins a comment, only applicable in the current line.
    int x = random() // Defines x as a random number.
  2. (networking) Indicates root path in a computer network (usually followed by a node name or an IP address).
    //server01/repository
    //192.168.1.1/laser_printer
  3. See :// for the Internet protocol delimiter, as in "http://".
  4. See / / for uses of the / to enclose other characters, as in /pɹənʌntsiˈeɪʃəns/.

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