Broket

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From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  broket /broh'k*t/ or /broh'ket`/ n. [rare; by analogy with `bracket': a
     `broken bracket'] Either of the characters `<' and `>', when used as
     paired enclosing delimiters. This word originated as a contraction of
     the phrase `broken bracket', that is, a bracket that is bent in the
     middle. (At MIT, and apparently in the {Real World} as well, these are
     usually called {angle brackets}.)


  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  broket
       
           /broh'k*t/ or /broh'ket/ (From broken bracket)
          Either of the characters "<" or ">" when used as paired
          enclosing {delimiters} ({angle brackets}).
       
          [{Jargon File}]
       
          (1997-07-21)