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Translingual

Punctuation mark

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1. (comics, Internet slang) Synonym of * * (“encloses an interpretation, describes an action as if it were actually happening”)
   • 2002 January 14, Stuart Dawson, “Re: This made me look at YATA in a whole new light.. o_o”, in uk.media.animation.anime‎^[1] (Usenet; in English):

     having now watched it I just have one thing to say... <grin> So who's got the bollocks to do some cosplay with me then? ^_^

   • 2010, Robin Etherington, The Diamond Egg of Wonders (Monkey Nuts; 1), Oxford, Oxon: David Fickling Books, published 2013, →ISBN, page 8:

     <SIGH> TAKE A LOOK AROUND THE MARKET SID. WHAT DO YOU SEE?

2. (comics, science fiction) Encloses translated text, including from nonhuman speakers.
   • 1980, ElfQuest #3

     Narrator: For the first time in seven turns of the seasons he speaks the ugly, guttural language of the humans...

     Cutter (elf): <Before you die, say if any more of you come this way!>

     Aro (human): <We are all that you see!> <No one follows!>

3. (Internet) Encloses an e-mail address or web address.

   To: Jane Doe <janedoe@example.com>, Joe Bananas <bananas1989@example.com>

   Buy stuff from Best Shop <http://bestshop.example.com>.

   • 2019, Stephen Mathias, “Treaty-Making at the United Nations: The View from the Secretariat”, in Simon Chesterman, David M. Malone, Santiago Villalpando, Alexandra Ivanovic, editors, The Oxford Handbook of United Nations Treaties (in English), Oxford University Press, →ISBN, part I (Evolution—UN Treaty-Making in Practice and in Theory), chapter section 7 (Other Treaty-Related Activities of the Secretariat), page 66:

     See, eg, the Agreement between the United Nations and the Government of the Republic of Benin concerning the status of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) in the territory of the Republic of Benin (8 February 2017) available at <https://treaties.un.org>; and the Exchange of letters constituting an agreement between the United Nations and the Government of the Republic of the Niger concerning the activities carried out in the Republic of the Niger by the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) (24 January 2017) available at <https://treaties.un.org>.

Symbol

< >

1. (programming) Encloses certain types of information in some programming languages.

   #include <stdio.h> – C example

   ArrayList<String> – Java example

2. (computing) Encloses certain tags in markup languages.
   1. (computing) Encloses a standalone HTML tag. Compare < /> in XML.

      <img src="waterfall.png"> = displays an image

      <br> = a line break

   2. (computing) In HTML and XML, encloses a start tag that must be closed by an end tag. See < > </ > for more information.
3. Alternative form of ⟨ ⟩, used when the actual angle brackets are not available.