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Record 1 1998-06-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Informatics
DEF

Either of the characters "<" and ">", when used as paired enclosing delimiters.

OBS

This work originated as a contraction of the phrase "broken bracket," that is a bracket that is bent in the middle.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Informatique
DEF

L'un des caractères «<» et «>» (les signes inférieur et supérieur), utilisés comme paire de délimiteurs pour encadrer une chaîne de caractères.

OBS

Ce mot est originaire d'une contraction de la phrase broken bracket, c'est-à-dire une parenthèse qui est courbée au milieu. Au MIT et dans le Real World, ces caractères sont habituellement appelés angle brackets.

Spanish

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