BROKET


Meaning of BROKET in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ /broh'k*t/ or /broh'ket`/ n. ]

[rare; by analogy with `bracket': a `broken bracket'] Either of the characters < and > , when used as paired enclosing delimiters. This word originated as a contraction of the phrase `broken bracket', that is, a bracket that is bent in the middle. (At MIT, and apparently in the Real World as well, these are usually called angle brackets .)

Jargon File English vocabulary.      Английский словарь жаргона.