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This is the "slash" template, which produces "{{thinsp}}<code>&nbsp;/</code>{{thinsp}}", i.e. a [[non-breaking space]] followed by a [[Slash (punctuation)|(forward-)slash character]]. It is most often used to indicate alternatives within a (horizontal) list of items, such as:
: ''{{hlist|class=nowrap |item 1 |item 2 |item 3a{{\}}3b{{\}}3c |item 4 |item 5 |(etc)}}''
The template is named using the [[backslash]] character ("{{thinsp}}\{{thinsp}}") as [[Wikipedia:Page name#Technical restrictions and limitations<!--or [[Filename#Reserved characters and words-->|slashes cannot be used]] in page names.