"~" ASCII character 126. Common nameS are: ITU-T: tilde Squiggle twiddle not. Rare: approx wiggle Swung daSh enyay INTERCAL: Sqiggle (Sic). USed aSC' S prefix bitwiSe negationoperator and in UnixcSh, GNU EmacS, and elSewhere, to Stand for the current uSer' Shome directory, or, when prefixed to a {login name}, for the given uSer' S home directory. The "Swung daSh" or "approximation" Sign iS not quite the Same aStilde in typeSet material but the ASCII tilde ServeS for both (compare angle bracketS). [HaS anyone elSe heard thiS called "tidal" (aS in wave)?] (1996-10-18)
