"vertical bar" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: vertical bars [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} vertical bar (plural vertical bars)
  1. (computing, typography) The symbol |. Wikipedia link: en:vertical bar Categories (topical): Computing, Typography Synonyms: bar, pipe, vertical line, virgule Hyponyms: Sheffer stroke Related terms: broken bar

Inflected forms

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