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    Jan 26, 2011, 09:07 PM
    What is the name of these symbols / - * > < { [
    I'm sorry if it is funny to you
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    Jan 26, 2011, 09:18 PM
    / = "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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    Jan 26, 2011, 09:37 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by jcaron2 View Post
    ( = "left parentheses"
    ) = "right parentheses"
    Parenthesis because -es is the plural. It's from the Greek.
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    Jan 26, 2011, 10:21 PM
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    Good point. I must be tired.
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    Jan 26, 2011, 10:27 PM

    Do you differentiate between forward slash and back slash?
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    Jan 27, 2011, 10:31 AM
    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
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    Sep 14, 2012, 06:59 PM
    What's the name of this symbol...
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    Sep 14, 2012, 07:02 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by rcavan View Post
    whats the name of this symbol ...
    Ellipsis.
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    Sep 14, 2012, 07:04 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by Wondergirl View Post
    Ellipsis.
    Ellipsis? But if used like this what does those three dots mean... as time passes
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    Sep 14, 2012, 07:06 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by rcavan View Post
    Ellipsis? but if used like this what does those three dots mean ...as time passes
    They mean something is missing.
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    Sep 14, 2012, 07:09 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by Wondergirl View Post
    They mean something is missing.
    Thank you Wondergirl

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