please what is the meaning of <> in programming

Question

Java
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Answer 1

the greater than symbol ">" and the less than symbol "<" are used as comparison operators.
These operators are used to compare the values of two operands and determine whether one value is greater than, less than, or equal to the other value.

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Answer 2

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