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  2. List of typographical symbols and punctuation marks - Wikipedia

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    Apostrophe, quotation marks: foot (unit), Inch, Minute, Second? Question mark: Inverted question mark, Interrobang “ ” " " ‘ ’ ' ' Quotation marks: Apostrophe, Ditto, Guillemets, Prime: Inch, Second ® Registered trademark symbol: Trademark symbol ※ Reference mark: Asterisk, Dagger: Footnote ¤ Scarab (non-Unicode name) ('Scarab' is ...

  3. Computer programming in the punched card era - Wikipedia

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    A single program deck, with individual subroutines marked. The markings show the effects of editing, as cards are replaced or reordered. Many early programming languages, including FORTRAN, COBOL and the various IBM assembler languages, used only the first 72 columns of a card – a tradition that traces back to the IBM 711 card reader used on the IBM 704/709/7090/7094 series (especially the ...

  4. Wikipedia:Manual of Style - Wikipedia

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    Use straight apostrophes ('), not curly apostrophes (’). [ g ] Do not use accent marks or backticks ( ` ) as apostrophes. Templates such as {{ ' }} and {{ 's }} are helpful when an apostrophe (or single quote) appears at the beginning or end of text in italics or bold, because italics and bold are themselves indicated by sequences of single ...

  5. Punched card - Wikipedia

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    Cards would typically be punched with some initial information, such as the name and location of an inventory item. Information to be added, such as quantity of the item on hand, would be marked in the ovals. Card punches with an option to detect mark sense cards could then punch the corresponding information into the card.

  6. Punched card input/output - Wikipedia

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    An IBM 80-column punched card of the type most widely used in the 20th century IBM 1442 card reader/punch for 80 column cards. A computer punched card reader or just computer card reader is a computer input device used to read computer programs in either source or executable form and data from punched cards.

  7. Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers - Wikipedia

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    This page guides the presentation of numbers, dates, times, measurements, currencies, coordinates, and similar items in articles. The aim is to promote clarity, cohesion, and consistency, and to make the encyclopedia easier and more intuitive to use.

  8. Wikipedia : Manual of Style/Text formatting

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    Use the native spellings of non-English language vocabulary using the Latin alphabet, with or without diacritics—otherwise, you should anglicize their spelling. For example: For example: Gustav I of Sweden liked to breakfast on crispbread ( knäckebröd ) open sandwiches with toppings such as messmör (butter made from goat's milk), ham, and ...

  9. List of Unicode characters - Wikipedia

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    3 Control-G is an artifact of the days when teletypes were in use. Important messages could be signalled by striking the bell on the teletype. This was carried over on PCs by generating a buzz sound. 4 Line feed is used for "end of line" in text files on Unix / Linux systems.