!=

See also: Appendix:Variations of "="

Translingual

Etymology

Introduced by the B programming language, which also used "!" for boolean negation, and inherited by its successor C. Later adopted more widely.

Symbol

!=

1. (programming) In some programming languages, an operator that compares two values for inequality, yielding a true result if they differ.

Synonyms

• <>
• ≠

Antonyms

• =
• ==

Related terms

• ≈