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The two slashes // may indicate:

  • a comment marker in several programming languages including C, C++, JavaScript and Java
  • the root directory path in Domain/OS
  • the operator for integer division, in Python 2.2+ and other programming languages
  • the empty pattern in Perl, which evaluates the last successfully matched regular expression
  • the logical defined-or operator in Perl, called the null coalescing operator in other programming languages
  • the authority indicator in the URI scheme, which follows a colon (://) from the scheme component
  • the descendant-or-self axis specifier in XPath
  • a double vertical bar (||) where the vertical line character | is unavailable for technical reasons
  • the parallel operator stylized in pseudo-italics
  • a caesura in musical notation
  • a diaphoneme in linguistic transcription

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