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from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

less than
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   <character> "<" {ASCII} character 60.

   Common names: {ITU-T}: less than; bra (">" = ket); left angle;
   left angle bracket; left broket.  Rare: from; read from; suck
   (">" = blow); comes-from; in; crunch (all from Unix);
   {INTERCAL}: angle.

   See also {greater than}.

   (1995-03-20)