` U+0060,` GRAVE ACCENT ←_ [U+005F] Basic Latin a → [U+0061]

` (English namebacktickorbackquoteorbackprime)

1. (dated, computing)Alternative form of‘(quotation mark)
2. (computing)Used as an enclosing construct in some programming languages
   • 1997, Mark G. Sobell, “The TC Shell”, inA Practical Guide to Linux, Reading, MA:Addison-Wesley,→ISBN,page440:

     The echo and sed commands appear within backprimes (`) that indicate command substitution: The result of executing the commands within the backprimes replaces the backprimes and everything between them.

3. (nonstandard, Internet)Alternative form of'(apostrophe)
4. (formal) Agrave accent orbaria as aspacing character.

The Unicode code pointU+1FEFGREEK VARIA iscanonically equivalent toU+0060GRAVE ACCENT, andU+FF40FULLWIDTH GRAVE ACCENT⟨｀⟩ is afullwidthcharacter for use inEast Asiantypography.

(grave accent / baria): The use of such spacing characters is generallyarchaic outside ofpedagogical contexts. SeeU+02CBMODIFIER LETTER GRAVE ACCENT⟨ˋ⟩ for the tone mark.

Compareacute accent:´.

• Grave accent on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Backtick on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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