I'm sorry if it is funny to you

/ = "slash"
- = "dash" or "hyphen"
* = "asterisk"
> = "greater than"
< = "less than"
{ = "left brace"
} = "right brace"
[ = "left bracket"
] = "right bracket"
( = "left parentheses"
) = "right parentheses"

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Originally Posted by jcaron2

( = "left parentheses"
) = "right parentheses"

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Parenthesis because -es is the plural. It's from the Greek.

Good point. I must be tired.

Do you differentiate between forward slash and back slash?

http://www.grassrootsdesign.com/intr....php?correct=1

When I want to remember which is forward and which is back, I think of a car going up a hill from left to right. As it approaches a FORWARD Slash / it would be going uphill or forward. But in order to go up a back slash \ it would have to be coming from the other side and BACKUP the hill.

I know its silly but it helps.

In computer OS systems, the position of the slash will be back slash for addresses you put in the browser (http:\\here\page1) and forward slash for paths to folders in directories (C:/my documents/my pictures). In the command prompt (dos window), you can type a path to a program, and add a space then a backslash to add what's called switches that do different things depending on the command your using (format c: \u).f

What's the name of this symbol...

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Originally Posted by rcavan

whats the name of this symbol ...

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Ellipsis.

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Originally Posted by Wondergirl

Ellipsis.

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Ellipsis? But if used like this what does those three dots mean... as time passes

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Originally Posted by rcavan

Ellipsis? but if used like this what does those three dots mean ...as time passes

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They mean something is missing.

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Originally Posted by Wondergirl

They mean something is missing.

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Thank you Wondergirl