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Hyphen-minus

Index Hyphen-minus

The hyphen-minus (-) is a character used in digital documents and computing to represent a hyphen (‐) or a minus sign (−). [1]

14 relations: --, ASCII, Character (computing), Code point, Computer keyboard, Computer monitor, Dash, Hyphen, Plus and minus signs, Programming language, Soft hyphen, Typesetting, Typewriter, Unicode.

--

--, a string of two hyphen-minus characters or - -, may approximate or refer to.

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ASCII

ASCII, abbreviated from American Standard Code for Information Interchange, is a character encoding standard for electronic communication.

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Character (computing)

In computer and machine-based telecommunications terminology, a character is a unit of information that roughly corresponds to a grapheme, grapheme-like unit, or symbol, such as in an alphabet or syllabary in the written form of a natural language.

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Code point

In character encoding terminology, a code point or code position is any of the numerical values that make up the code space.

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Computer keyboard

In computing, a computer keyboard is a typewriter-style device which uses an arrangement of buttons or keys to act as mechanical levers or electronic switches.

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Computer monitor

A computer monitor is an output device which displays information in pictorial form.

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Dash

The dash is a punctuation mark that is similar in appearance to and, but differs from these symbols in both length and height.

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Hyphen

The hyphen (‐) is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word.

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Plus and minus signs

The plus and minus signs (+ and −) are mathematical symbols used to represent the notions of positive and negative as well as the operations of addition and subtraction.

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Programming language

A programming language is a formal language that specifies a set of instructions that can be used to produce various kinds of output.

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Soft hyphen

In computing and typesetting, a soft hyphen (ISO 8859: 0xAD, Unicode, HTML: ­ &shy) or syllable hyphen (EBCDIC: 0xCA), abbreviated SHY, is a code point reserved in some coded character sets for the purpose of breaking words across lines by inserting visible hyphens.

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Typesetting

Typesetting is the composition of text by means of arranging physical typesDictionary.com Unabridged.

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Typewriter

A typewriter is a mechanical or electromechanical machine for writing characters similar to those produced by printer's movable type.

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Unicode

Unicode is a computing industry standard for the consistent encoding, representation, and handling of text expressed in most of the world's writing systems.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyphen-minus

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