angle brackets

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)

angle brackets
 n.

   Either of the characters < (ASCII 0111100) and > (ASCII 0111110)
   (ASCII less-than or greater-than signs). Typographers in the {Real
   World} use angle brackets which are either taller and slimmer (the ISO
   lang and rang characters), or significantly smaller (single or double
   guillemets) than the less-than and greater-than signs. See {broket},
   {ASCII}.