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Subject:Re: Up and down thing From:Kris Olberg <kjolberg -at- IX -dot- NETCOM -dot- COM> Date:Sat, 5 Oct 1996 08:50:13 -0700
At 09:11 AM 10/5/96 -0400, you wrote:
>Whirlers:
>Any ideas about what to call the "logical or" symbol on the keyboard--the
>up-and-down thing that usually resides above the front slash? My audience
>will not understand "logical or" and a casual test of "up-and-down thing"
>resulted in my colleagues pointing to the arrow keys and exclaiming that
>such a term is not worthy of our docs.
Two suggestions: "vertical bar" and "pipe." The latter is a good choice if your audience includes programmers.
Regards...Kris
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