What ⫴ means
It usually means the two sides are interleaved.
The best-known use comes from process algebra, the mathematics of programs that run at the same time. In Tony Hoare's CSP (Communicating Sequential Processes), P ⫴ Q, often typed as P Q, is a system where P and Q each run independently and their actions are shuffled together, without waiting for each other. Unicode files the character among relations and operators that sit between two operands, and lists "interleave" as its reading. Outside such notation it has no everyday meaning.
A technical notation mark; you meet it in computer-science and logic texts, not in chat.
Don't swap it for , which fences content like brackets rather than joining two sides.
Part of collections
Don't confuse it with
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Three ordinary vertical bars; plain-text stand-in for ⫴, but three separate characters for search and spacing.
Questions people ask
2Is ⫴ the same as typing ?
No. is three separate characters; ⫴ is one symbol with maths spacing. Texts often write when ⫴ isn't available.
Does it mean "parallel"?
Not quite. Two bars or usually mean parallel or synchronised; three bars mean interleaving with no synchronisation.
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How to type or find ⫴
- Also called
- interleave · triple bar relation
- Search it as
- triple vertical bar · three vertical lines · ||| · binary relation · CSP interleaving · \interleave
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
⫴\2AF4Codes and encoding1 code points
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