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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>broket</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../B.html" title="B"/><link rel="previous" href="BrokenWindows.html" title="BrokenWindows"/><link rel="next" href="Brookss-Law.html" title="Brooks's Law"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">broket</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="BrokenWindows.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">B</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="Brookss-Law.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="broket"/><dt xmlns="" id="broket"><b>broket</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/broh´k@t/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/broh´ket`/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [rare; by analogy with &#8216;bracket&#8217;: a &#8216;broken
bracket&#8217;] Either of the characters <tt class="literal">&lt;</tt> and
<tt class="literal">&gt;</tt>, when used as paired enclosing delimiters. This
word originated as a contraction of the phrase &#8216;broken
bracket&#8217;, that is, a bracket that is bent in the middle. (At MIT,
and apparently in the <a href="../R/Real-World.html"><i class="glossterm">Real World</i></a> as well, these are
usually called <a href="../A/angle-brackets.html"><i class="glossterm">angle brackets</i></a>.)</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="BrokenWindows.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../B.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="Brookss-Law.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">BrokenWindows </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Brooks's Law</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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