Re: Name of | symbol

Subject: Re: Name of | symbol
From: "Amy E. Brown" <abrown -at- OPENMARKET -dot- COM>
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 1997 18:07:10 -0400

>
>
> Subject: Name of | symbol
> Date: Mon, 1 Sep 1997 11:31:22 +0200
> From: "Percy G.F. Balemans" <Percy_Balemans -at- INFORMAAT -dot- NL>
>
> Hi,
>
> Is there a name for the | symbol (the vertical line)? One of my
> colleagues
> suggested 'pipe symbol'.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
>
> Percy Balemans
> Technical editor
> The Netherlands
>

In UNIX-land, it certainly is the "pipe" symbol.

I've never used the symbol in any other context, so I don't know whether
or not it has another meaning.

Amy Brown
Technical Writer
Open Market, Inc.
abrown -at- openmarket -dot- com

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