back quote

character "`" ASCII code 96. Common names: left quote;

left single quote; open quote; ITU-T: grave accent; grave.

Rare: backprime; INTERCAL: backspark; unapostrophe; birk;

blugle; back tick; back glitch; push; ITU-T: opening single

quotation mark; quasiquote.

Back quote is used in Unix shells to invoke commandsubstitution.

(1996-11-26)