EQUALS
\ˈiːkwə͡lz], \ˈiːkwəlz], \ˈiː_k_w_əl_z]\
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"=", ASCII character 61.Common names: ITU-T: equals; gets; takes. Rare:quadrathorpe; INTERCAL: half-mesh.Equals is used in many languages as the assignment operatorthough earlier languages used ":=" ("becomes equal to") toavoid upsetting mathematicians with statements such as "x =x+1". It is also used in compounds such as "=", "==","/=", "!=" for various comparison operators and in C's "+=","*=" etc. which mimic the primitive operations oftwo-address code.
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bcr v abl Oncogene
- Retrovirus-associated DNA sequences (abl) originally isolated from Abelson murine leukemia virus (Ab-MuLV). proto-oncogene abl (codes for a protein that member tyrosine kinase family. human c-abl gene is located at 9q34.1 on the long arm of chromosome 9. It activated by translocation to bcr 22 in chronic myelogenous leukemia.