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by aparks517 1467 days ago
Less-than or greater-than signs (code points 0x3C and 0x3E in ASCII). A friend put me on to calling them that because they (sort of?) look like alligators with their mouths open.
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My math teachers used an alligator analogy to remind us which is the correct symbol for using the greater - and less - than sign, the 'mouth' of the gator is always eating the greater number.