When someone tells you to put in a brace in your code, do you know if they're talking about ( or { or [ or even <?  Read on for some concrete definitions.

With C# growing up from it's C/C++ roots, it seems natural for it to have semicolons.  And there's also all the brackets, parenthesis, and braces!  But do you know the technical differences between them?  I'm always forgetting, so here's my permenant reminder for myself (as long as my server stays turned on that is :>).

?	Term	AKA	Uses
( xyz )	Parenthesis		method calls (outgoing or incoming) to pass parameters order of precedence
[ xyz ]	Brackets	Box Brackets or Square Brackets	arrays attributes (.NET languages)
{ xyz }	Braces	Curley Brackets	code blocks scope delimiters composite structures
< xyz >	Chevrons	Angle Brackets, Diamond Brackets	html tag delimiters generic class argument delimiters

References

Wikipedia: Bracket

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