I searched IBM font codepages and found that symbol designated as "Logical NOT/End Of Line Symbol". I've always just called it "not sign". --Roger
On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 2:32 PM, Rick Fochtman <rfocht...@ync.net> wrote: > ------------------------------**-------------<snip>-----------** > --------------------------- > I hope, since this is not about "USS", that I won't be moderated on this. > I wish to reply to a question John McKown raised on 18 Nov :"And what is > the proper word for the PL/1 "not" sign' ? (x'00AC' in Unicode). It is a > standard operator in formal mathematical language, AFAIK almost > universally used to indicate logical negation in an expression, and > normally called the "negation symbol", but informally called the "not > sign". > ------------------------------**---------<unsnip>-------------** > ---------------------------- > The only name I heard for it, that I remember, was "inverted circumflex". > How about that for a meaningless mouthful? :-) > > Rick > > ------------------------------**------------------------------**---------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at > http://bama.ua.edu/archives/**ibm-main.html<http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
