[fnordpiglet]

That’s a super fancy !=

[robofanatic]

that's a good attempt to represent the original "not equal" symbol ≠ better than <> used by t-sql

[hashmush]

<> is simply "<" or ">" in the same way you have >= (">" or "=") and <= ("<" or "=").

It's obviously not meant to look like ≠.

[lionkor]

And pascal!