Editing Slash (punctuation) (section)

====Programs====
[[Internet Relay Chat|IRC]] and many in-game chat clients use the slash to mark commands, such as joining and leaving a chat room or sending private messages. For example, in IRC, {{mono|/join #services}} is a command to join the [[IRC channels|channel]] "services" and {{mono|/me}} is a command to format the following message as though it were an action instead of a spoken message. In ''[[Minecraft]]''{{'}}s chat function, the slash is used for executing console and plugin commands. In ''[[Second Life]]''{{'}}s chat function, the slash is used to select the "communications channel", allowing users to direct commands to virtual objects "listening" on different channels. For example, if a virtual house's lights were set to use channel 42, the command "/42 on" would turn them on. In [[Discord (software)|Discord]], slash commands are used to send special messages and execute commands, like sending a [[shrug|shrug emoji (¯\_(ツ)_/¯)]] or a table flip emoji ((╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻), or changing one's nickname using "/nick". Slash commands can also be used to use Discord bots.

The [[Gedcom]] standard for exchanging computerized genealogical data uses slashes to delimit surnames; an example would be Bill /Smith/ Jr. Slashes around surnames are also used in [[Personal Ancestral File]].