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<source lang=apl inline>⌶</source> ([[I-beam]]) calls system services. APL was originally developed at [[IBM]], so system services were also IBM services. <source lang=apl inline>⌶</source> is an [[wikipedia:I-beam|I-beam]] and ''I-beam'' is pronounced almost identically to ''IBM''.

<source lang=apl inline>⍋</source> and <source lang=apl inline>⍒</source> give the indices ([[grade]]s) needed to sort ascending and descending respectively, and look like an ascending and descending supersonic transport, respectively.

<source lang=apl inline>⌽</source>, <source lang=apl inline>⊖</source>, and <source lang=apl inline>⍉</source> [[reverse]] or [[transpose]] an array over a given [[axis]]. The <source lang=apl inline>○</source> part of the glyphs symbolise the array, while the line component (<source lang=apl inline>|</source>, <source lang=apl inline>\</source>, or <source lang=apl inline>-</source>) indicates the line across which the reversal/transposal is done.

<source lang=apl inline>⍟</source> looks like the cross-section of a tree log

<source lang=apl inline>⌹</source> is [[matrix divide]] with a <source lang=apl inline>⎕</source> symbolising a matrix and an inscribed <source lang=apl inline>÷</source> for "divide".

<source lang=apl inline>⎕</source> is the prefix for all [[system name]]s, and also also manages input from the console as well as output to the console. For that, it is a stylised console.

<source lang=apl inline>/</source> and <source lang=apl inline>⌿</source> are also called "by" which can be remembered as reduce by.

== Pairing glyphs/functionality with their keyboard locations ==