angle bracket

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angle bracket - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  angle bracket
      n 1: either of two punctuation marks (`<' or `>') used in
           computer programming and sometimes used to enclose textual
           material [syn: bracket, angle bracket]
      2: an L-shaped metal bracket [syn: angle bracket, angle   iron
         ]

angle bracket - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  angle bracket
  
     <character> Either of the characters "<" (less-than, ASCII
     60) and ">" (greater-than, ASCII 62).  Typographers in the
     Real World use angle brackets which are either taller and
     slimmer (the ISO "Bra" and "Ket" characters), or
     significantly smaller (single or double guillemets) than the
     less-than and greater-than signs.
  
     See broket.
  
     (1995-11-24)