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   Word wrap

   On the other hand, when using word processors, invisible hyphens, called soft hyphens, can also be inserted inside words so that word wrap can occur following the soft hyphens.
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   Hyphen

   Hyphens are occasionally used to denote syllabification, as in syl-lab-i-fi-ca-tion. ... Unix also uses a space followed by a hyphen to introduce switches.
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   Kinsoku shori

   Hyphens ... Another use is to wrap a character from the first line with the goal of preventing a character that shouldn't start a line from coming first on the next line.
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   Vehicle registration plates of the United Kingdom

   This is because the typeface used on Manx number plates is the same as that used on Irish vehicle registration plates, and similarly transitions between numerals and letters are marked by hyphens. ... Taxis have TX followed by four digits.
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   Signature block

   The formatting of the sig block is prescribed somewhat more firmly: it should be displayed as plain text in a fixed-width font (no HTML, images, or other rich text), and must be delimited from the body of the message by a single line consisting of exactly two hyphens, followed by a space, followed by the end of line (i.e., "-- \r\n").
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   Internet-related prefixes

   As the combined meanings become more commonplace and readily understood, the need for hyphens subsides.
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   Taos phonology

   The inflected nouns in the table are in the absolute singular form with the inflectional suffix and any reduplicant separated from the initial noun stem with hyphens. ... This convention is also followed in the present article.
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   English compound

   "Roll on, roll off" → "roll-on roll-off ferry" ... American English, however, has diminished the use of hyphens, while British English is more conservative.
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   8.3 filename

   8.3 filenames have at most eight characters, optionally followed by a "." and a filename extension of at most three characters. ... The ISO 9660 file system (mainly used on compact discs) has similar limitations at the most basic Level 1, with the additional restriction that directory names cannot contain extensions and that some characters (notably hyphens) are not allowed in filenames.
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    English numerals

    So too are the thousands, with the number of thousands followed by the word "thousand" ... This date is sometimes written without spaces or hyphens, 20050709.

Explore the following pages on Powerset:

• Word wrap,
• Hyphen,
• Kinsoku shori,
• Vehicle registration plates of the United Kingdom,
• Signature block,
• Internet-related prefixes,
• Taos phonology,
• English compound,
• 8.3 filename,
• English numerals