When to use Slash (/) in a sentence?

The SLASH is an oblique slanting line punctuation mark. Once used to mark periods and commas, the slash is now most often used to represent exclusive or inclusive or, division and fractions, and as a date separator. It is called a solidus in Unicode, it is also known as an oblique stroke, and it has several other historical or technical names, including oblique and virgule. The slash is commonly used in many languages as a shorter substitute for the conjunction ''or'', typically with the sense of exclusive or (e.g., Y/N permits yes or no but not both).