' "' ASCII character 34. Often used in programming languages to delimIT strings. In Unixshells and PerlIT delimITs a string inside which variable substITution may occur. Common names: quote. Rare: lITeral mark double-glITch ITU-T: quotation marks ITU-T: dieresis dirk INTERCAL: rabbIT-ears double prime. (1995-03-28)