what is { called?

[nageov3t]

anyone know the actual name of that symbol?

{ }

 

[Platypus]

I've always called them curly brackets when coding.

 

[FoBoT]

brackets or braces

 

[shocksyde]

"Cumquat"

 

[Platypus]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B...kets_or_braces_.7B_.7D

 

[KLin]

According to the Windows Vista character map, they're called the left and right curly brackets.

 

[bignateyk]

Originally posted by: shocksyde
"Cumquat"

tee hee. You said cum

 

[nageov3t]

Originally posted by: Platypus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B...kets_or_braces_.7B_.7D

thanks :thumbsup:

I searched wiki and google for }, but came up empty.

 

[BlackTigers]

left curly bracket, right curly bracket, left curly bracket, right curly bracket, left curly bracket, right curly bracket, left curly bracket, right curly bracket

Ventrilo spammer Microsoft Sam agrees that they are curly brackets.

 

[blackdogdeek]

open curly brace

or

mustache emoticon

 

[xcript]

Klingon Bat'leth

 

[Tiamat]

brace

 

[Modeps]

Originally posted by: blackdogdeek
open curly brace

or

mustache emoticon

:thumbsup:

 

[Tempered81]

jigaboos

and these: ~
are whatchmacalits

 

[Perknose]

Originally posted by: loki8481
anyone know the actual name of that symbol?

{ }

Parentheses that are "happy to see you"?

 

[IronWing]

start subroutine

 

[cKGunslinger]

left-brace

 

[nakedfrog]

Curly brackets or braces... usually curly brackets.

Originally posted by: jaredpace
jigaboos

and these: ~
are whatchmacalits

Just for future reference (in case you aren't aware) jigaboo is a racial slur against blacks.

 

[Joemonkey]

Originally posted by: cKGunslinger
left-brace

yup, saying "brace" is easier than saying "curly bracket"

 

[MovingTarget]

"braces" and "curly brackets" both work. For me, they denote an algebraic set. Thus { } is the empty set. Sigh, my name is MovingTarget and I am a math nerd.