What do < and > stand for?

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Michiel Pater picture Michiel Pater · Feb 21, 2011 · Viewed 1.4M times · Source

I know that the entities &lt; and &gt; are used for < and >, but I am curious what these names stand for.

Does &lt; stand for something like "Left tag" or is it just a code?

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biscuitstack picture biscuitstack · Feb 21, 2011

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