exclamation mark

character The character "!" with ASCII code 33.

Common names: bang; pling; excl (/eks'kl/); shriek; ITU-T:

exclamation mark, exclamation point (US). Rare: factorial;

exclam; smash; cuss; boing; yell; wow; hey; wham; eureka;

soldier; INTERCAL: spark-spot.

The Commonwealth Hackish, "pling", is common among AcornArchimedes owners. Bang is more common in the USA.

The occasional CMU usage, "shriek", is also used by APL

fans and mathematicians, especially category theorists.

Exclamation mark is used in C and elsewhere as the logical

negation operation (NOT).

(1998-09-17)