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brackets are (AKA braces) pairs of mirror-image punctuation marks used to delimit some text separate from other text, like ( ) [ ] { } < > « », with special meanings in code such as HTML, CSS, JS, and in templates and mathematics.

Other names:

  • ( ) parentheses
  • [ ] square brackets
  • { } curly brackets, curly braces
  • < > angle brackets

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