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broket |
2 definitions found From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]: broket /broh'k*t/ or /broh'ket`/ n. [rare; by analogy with `bracket': a `broken bracket'] Either of the characters `<' and `>', when used as paired enclosing delimiters. This word originated as a contraction of the phrase `broken bracket', that is a bracket that is bent in the middle. (At MIT, and apparently in the {Real World} as well these are usually called {angle brackets}.) From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: broket/broh'k*t/ or /broh'ket/ (From broken bracket) Either of the characters "<" or ">" when used as paired enclosing {delimiters} ({angle brackets}). [{Jargon File}] (1997-07-21)
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