What do you call this { character?

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Published on 2010-10-11T19:41:48Z Indexed on 2011/01/17 18:00 UTC
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When talking to another programmer I would refer to ( and ) as parentheses. I would refer to [ and ] as brackets. What do you refer to { and } as?

I checked the wikipedia article and there were several names listed:

  • curly brackets
  • squiggly brackets
  • definite brackets
  • swirly brackets
  • birdie brackets
  • Scottish brackets
  • squirrelly brackets
  • braces
  • gullwings

Is there a term commonly used within programmers to identify these characters?

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