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Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 15:10:22 +0100
From: Chris Croughton <crough45 AT amc DOT de>
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Subject: Re: or symbol
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Ben Shadwick wrote:

> Hold down the SHIFT key and hit the backslash ('\') key. 

Usually, on US/UK keyboards.  However, some keyboards have 
them in all sorts of strange places.  On at least one German
keyboard it's ALT plus the key with < and > on it.

> The vertical lines '|' are called pipe characters, 
> btw =)

If you're a Unix boff, yes.  Like most ASCII characters, 
however, they have lots of names - "or symbol" (or just 
'or'), "vertical bar" or 'bar', "broken bar" (from the 
representation on many printers and terminals with a gap
in the middle), etc.  There is no one correct name.

Chris C