
Novice users can easily get confused over which slash to use in between backslash (/) and forward slash (\) on web addresses (double slash appears after http: //) or in file paths in Windows ,you can see both these slashes on your keyboard.
Backslash, \ is used as a separator in Windows for file paths like C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox, where as Forward slash, / used as a separator in dates (e.g 27/11/2011) for( and or or) as an abbreviation, as a math symbol used separates both numerator and denominator in a fraction (e.g 3/4).
Mainly we use forward slash / in web addresses e.g https://techdows.com/about.