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angle bracket

noun [C]

Definition

the symbol < or >, found on a computer keyboard and used, for example, around tags (= codes for marking particular types of information)
(Definition of angle bracket noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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