angle bracket

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

angle bracket
    n 1: either of two punctuation marks (`<' or `>') used in
         computer programming and sometimes used to enclose textual
         material [syn: {bracket}, {angle bracket}]
    2: an L-shaped metal bracket [syn: {angle bracket}, {angle
       iron}]

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

angle bracket

   <character> Either of the characters "<" (less-than, {ASCII}
   60) and ">" (greater-than, ASCII 62).  Typographers in the
   {Real World} use angle brackets which are either taller and
   slimmer (the {ISO} "{Bra}" and "{Ket}" characters), or
   significantly smaller (single or double guillemets) than the
   less-than and greater-than signs.

   See {broket}.

   (1995-11-24)