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Translingual
Blinking cursor example.
Symbol
_ (English symbol name underscore or underline )
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: __________
( mathematics , in plain text) Separates a symbol with a subscript character, representing a variant of the base symbol.
( computing ) Used to represent what would normally be a space ] [ in computing.
My email address is jon_ smith@example.com.
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:\>_
( programming ) Especially as a prefix : used to denote a special identifier such as a global or private variable or a reserved symbol .
Derived terms
_ _ ( encloses text for emphasis )
See also
German
Punctuation mark
_
( nonstandard ) Used to separate multiple gendered inflections in gender-neutral writing.
Synonym: *
Coordinate term: -In ( with Binnen-I )
Freund_ innen; ein_ e Beamt_ er_ in friends (of any gender); an officer (of any gender)