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Translingual

Blinking cursor example.

Symbol

_

1. Used to indicate a space to be filled in. Often, the symbol is used repeatedly to form a longer line.

   Age: __ Gender: _

   Sign here: _________________________________ Date: __________

2. (computing) Used to represent what would normally be a space ] [ in computing.

   My email address is jon_smith@example.com.

   1. Used as a cursor to indicate a place where text can be typed. On visual display units, the underscore may be made to blink.

      MS-DOS prompt: C:\>_

   2. (programming) Especially as a prefix: used to denote a special identifier such as a global or private variable or a reserved symbol.
3. See _ _ for uses of low lines enclosing other characters.

Punctuation mark

_

1. Used to separate multiple gendered inflections in gender-neutral writing.

   Freund_innen; ein_e Beamt_er_in

   friends (of any gender); an officer (of any gender)

Usage notes

• In English, the mark is usually called an underline or underscore.

Derived terms

• _ _ (encloses text for emphasis)

See also

• Underscore on Wikipedia.Wikipedia