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• : (colon) (1)
  Colon. Precisely what it does in a programming language depends on the specific language. Sometimes used in labels.
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• : (colon) (2)
  Colon. Precisely what it does in a programming language depends on the specific language. Sometimes used in labels.
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• ; (semicolon)
  Semicolon. Precisely what it does in a programming language depends on the specific language.
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• < (less than)
  The symbol for less than. Also used in HTML tags.
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• <> (not equal to)
  This means "not equal to". Used, for example, when comparing two variables.
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• = (equals) (1)
  Tests for equality, for example, "if a=b then&hellip; ". In some languages, however, it assigns the value of one thing to another, for example, a=b gives a the value of b.
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• = (equals) (2)
  Tests for equality, for example, "if a=b then &hellip;". In some languages, however, it assigns the value of one thing to another.
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• == (equals, equals)
  In some languages, tests for equality, for example, if something is the same as something else, such as, a==b tests to see if a is the same as b, without assigning any value to a.
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• > (greater than)
  The symbol for greater than. Also used in HTML tags.
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• @ (at)
  A symbol commonly used in email addresses, but also used in some programming languages.
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• [ (opening square bracket)
  Opening square bracket. Precisely what it does in a programming language depends on the specific language. Sometimes used in array elements.
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• \ (back slash)
  Back slash. Precisely what it does in a programming language depends on the specific language. Sometimes used as an escape sequence in string literals. Also used to indicate different folder names within a file path.
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• ] (closing square bracket)
  Closing square bracket. Precisely what it does in a programming language depends on the specific language. Sometimes used in array elements.
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• ^ (caret)
  Caret. Precisely what it does in a programming language depends on the specific language.
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• _ (underscore)
  Commonly used in file names which do not allow spaces, or where spaces are not seen as desirable. So, for example, the file name might be 'accounts_march.doc', rather than 'accounts march.doc'. It can also mean the same as underline.
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• { (Opening curly bracket)
  Opening curly bracket. Precisely what it does in a programming language depends on the specific language.
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• | (pipe)
  A pipe is found in certain operating systems and allows the user to send the output of one process to become the input of another process.
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• | (Vertical bar)
  Vertical bar. Precisely what it does in a programming language depends on the specific language.
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• } (Closing curly bracket)
  Closing curly bracket. Precisely what it does in a programming language depends on the specific language.
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• ~ (tilde)
  Tilde. Precisely what it does in a programming language depends on the specific language. Can be used as a NOT operator.