broket
:broket: /broh'k*t/ or /broh'ket`/ n. [rare; by analogy with `bracket': a
`broken bracket'] Either of the characters `<' and `>', when used as
paired enclosing delimiters. This word originated as a contraction of
the phrase `broken bracket', that is, a bracket that is bent in the
middle. (At MIT, and apparently in the Real World
as well, these are
usually called angle brackets
)
Jargon File Version 4.3.1, 29 JUN 2001 =
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