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Origins[change]
May come from a Latin shorthand with the I over the O: iō means a shout of surprise, or a shortening of interiectiō which in English is interjection.
Symbol[change]
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- An exclamation mark used to show excitement, surprise or anger.
- Ouch! Help! I am hurt!
- Children's rhyme: "The interjection cries out: 'Hark! I need an exclaimation mark!'"
- c.1649 A Fiery Flying Roll by Abiezer Coppe: "And now (my dearest ones!) every one under the Sun..."
- (symbol) Used by itself as a sign to make you notice something, such as something that is dangerous or something that has gone wrong.
- (computing) In computing, it usually represents a Boolean not.
- "if !x" means "if not x"
- (mathematics) factorial
- 5! = 5 × 4 × 3 × 2 × 1
- "five factorial equals…"
Punctuation marks (edit) |
apostrophe ( Other:
ampersand ( |