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Reply #10

Sandy K — Wed, 01 Feb 2006 13:24:58 GMT

Thank you Hyper.....................you are always there to answer my question...

Reply #9

hypersoniq — Wed, 01 Feb 2006 10:46:02 GMT

{} are curly brackets and denote a quantity or set, for example X={2,4,6,8}

sigma is from the greek alphabet... , , or

generally used to indicate summation in calculus

having several uses including standard deviation of a population in statistics, and as the Stefan-Boltzmann constant from physics

Reply #8

Jorli D — Wed, 01 Feb 2006 00:11:38 GMT

Thank you Chewie. I vaguely remember it from Calculus. Just don't ask me how bad I did in the class.

Reply #7

Sandy K — Wed, 01 Feb 2006 00:10:33 GMT

jorli usually does.....lol.....

Reply #6

Chewie — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 23:50:45 GMT

Long before computer programmers, now called developers came along, it was part of mathimatical symbols. JorliD beat every one to the punch.

Reply #5

RJOh — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 19:08:35 GMT

You can use those brackets any way you want to in a text file, but in a program they may have defined values or characteristics.

Reply #4

Sandy K — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 19:08:09 GMT

wow jorli...cool......

snakeyes...what does a brace do different than a bracket???

Oh wow, Jorli, calculus...right up my alley.

Just got a phone call from another lottery buff....asking me what the { stands for.......told him I would post it and see what happens........I was gonna wait till Bill came from work....but I wanted to know NOW...thanks everyone.

Reply #3

Jorli D — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 18:55:18 GMT

I believe it is for calculus grouping. It may be called a sigma

Reply #2

Sandy K — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 18:39:31 GMT

but there are [ these also............the bracket is the bottom.....I want to know what { is

Reply #1

Snakeyes — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 18:30:27 GMT

{ are called braces

[ are called brackets

They should be on the same key

Question

Sandy K — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 18:27:57 GMT

what does the { mean on the computer keyboard.....