double quote

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double quote - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  double quote
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     <character> '"' ASCII character 34.  Often used in
     programming languages to delimit strings.  In Unix shells
     and Perl it delimits a string inside which variable
     substitution may occur.
  
     Common names: quote.  Rare: literal mark; double-glitch;
     ITU-T: quotation marks; ITU-T: dieresis; dirk; INTERCAL:
     rabbit-ears; double prime.
  
     (1995-03-28)