angle bracket

angle bracket (plural angle brackets)

1. Any of a number of angle-shaped brackets.
   1. (computing) Either of the inequality signs < and >, when used as brackets in markup languages like HTML.
   2. (typography, mathematics) Either of a pair of symbols, ⟨ ⟩, used to enclose text in various technical contexts, and in mathematical formulas to denote an interval or a continuous parameter.
   3. (typography) Either of a pair of symbols, 〈 〉, used in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean punctuation.
   4. (terminology) Either of a pair of symbols, 〈 〉, used to enclose the name of the domain in which a concept and a term is used.

• (computing): wicket
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