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<syntaxhighlight lang=apl inline>⊥</syntaxhighlight> looks like the [[base]] of a pillar, converting from that base. [[Antibase]] uses <syntaxhighlight lang=apl inline>⊤</syntaxhighlight> by analogy, and looks a styled letter ''T'' for "To base". | <syntaxhighlight lang=apl inline>⊥</syntaxhighlight> looks like the [[base]] of a pillar, converting from that base. [[Antibase]] uses <syntaxhighlight lang=apl inline>⊤</syntaxhighlight> by analogy, and looks a styled letter ''T'' for "To base". | ||
<syntaxhighlight lang=apl inline>⊤</syntaxhighlight> and <syntaxhighlight lang=apl inline>⊥</syntaxhighlight> are also respectively known as [[Encode]] and [[Decode]]. To remember which is which, <syntaxhighlight lang=apl inline>⊤</syntaxhighlight> looks like a styled letter ''T'', so think "Ten-code". | |||
[[File:Lamp bulb.png|thumb|The [[Lamp]] glyph <syntaxhighlight lang=apl inline>⍝</syntaxhighlight> looks like a a lamp bulb filament.]] | [[File:Lamp bulb.png|thumb|The [[Lamp]] glyph <syntaxhighlight lang=apl inline>⍝</syntaxhighlight> looks like a a lamp bulb filament.]] | ||