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Delimiter

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A punctuation character or group of characters that separates two names or two pieces of data, or marks the beginning or end of a programming construct. Delimiters are used in almost every computer application. For example, in specifying DOS pathnames, the backslash () is the delimiter that separates directories and filenames. Other common delimiters include the comma (,), semicolon (;), quotes (“), and braces ({}).