exclamation mark
The character "!" with {ASCII} code 33.
Common names: {bang}; pling; excl (/eks'kl/); shriek; {ITU-T}:
exclamation mark. Rare: {factorial}; exclam; smash; cuss;
boing; yell; wow; hey; wham; eureka; soldier; {INTERCAL}:
spark-spot.
The {Commonwealth Hackish}, "pling", is common among {Acorn
Archimedes} owners. {Bang} is more common in the USA.
The occasional {CMU} usage, "shriek", is also used by {APL}
fans and mathematicians, especially {category} theorists.
Exclamation mark is used in {C} and elsewhere as the logical
negation {operation} ({NOT}).
(1998-09-17)