broket

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)

broket
 /broh'k@t/, /broh'ket`/, n.

   [rare; by analogy with `bracket': a `broken bracket'] Either of the
   characters < and >, when used as paired enclosing delimiters. This
   word originated as a contraction of the phrase `broken bracket', that
   is, a bracket that is bent in the middle. (At MIT, and apparently in
   the {Real World} as well, these are usually called {angle brackets}.)

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

broket

   <character> /broh'k*t/ or /broh'ket/ (From broken bracket)
   Either of the characters "<" or ">" when used as paired
   enclosing {delimiters} ({angle brackets}).

   [{Jargon File}]

   (1997-07-21)