# actually the short way returns an error / PARENTHESES (OT)

[Marian Petrides]

Actually a caret  is  a ^  (shift 6 on your keyboard).  Is "carrot" the 
correct jargonese or just a misspelling of "caret?"

M

On Feb 22, 2004, at 9:45 AM, Thomas McGrath III wrote:

> < > are angle brackets in typography! but in computer jargon they have 
> always been called carrots around here....
>
>
> Tom
>
> On Feb 22, 2004, at 7:09 AM, shishilite at hotpop.com wrote:
>
>>> What is the english name of these <>?
>>
>> I thought these are called "angle brackets" ? :)
>>
>> http://info.astrian.net/jargon/terms/a/angle_brackets.html
>>
>> Shishi
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