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- Arran
Does anyone happen to know what this symbol ' } ' is actually called?...if it does even have a special name for it? A certain type of bracket perhaps?
Any help appreciated, cheers!
- mydo0
curly brackets?
(probably not)
- detritus0
Curly brackets or braces { }
Curly brackets (so-called in British English; North American English prefers braces) are sometimes used in prose to indicate a series of equal choices: “Select your animal {goat, sheep, cow, horse} and follow me”. They are used in specialized ways in poetry and music (to mark repeats or joined lines). The musical terms for this mark joining staves are “accolade” and “brace.” In mathematics they delimit sets. In many programming languages, they enclose groups of statements.
Presumably due to the similarity of the words brace and bracket (although they do not share an etymology), many people casually treat brace as a synonym for bracket. Therefore, when it is necessary to avoid any possibility of confusion, such as in computer programming, it may be best to use the term curly bracket rather than brace. However, general usage in North American English favours the latter form. The term curly braces is redundant since no other type of brace exists. Indian programmers often use the name “flower bracket”.
Curly brackets are often used in internet communities and through instant messaging to indicate hugging.
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- madirish0
i know them as 'braces'
- Jugarelly0
That's a right curly bracket.
- gramme0
Goat{select}™
- gramme0
Get yeh right tae bracket.
- gramme0
French suspenders?
- ********0
evil sideways unibrow? other one would be pouty / sad sideways unibrow
- Jaline0
hah, nice name.
- OnesandZeros0
overused type/design element?
- Arran0
Detritus, thanks! More than ample answer, cheers.
Evil sideways unibrow works too for sure.
- gramme0
:{
Mustachio.
- agentfour0
Alfalfa brackets
{:-)
- Jaline0
I try not to use them too much in my notes, because I'm kind of OCD.
I spend all my time trying to make the top part
exactly like the bottom
- gramme0
No no no....it's a bow and arrow.
y'know. Cupid. Get your mind outta the gutter :P
- jar0
a guy i used to work with called them nipples (from a sideways perspective i suppose) and when dictating code to you he's sit there and say "blah blah blah, close nipple ..... open nipple". used to get some pretty odd looks!