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A short stroke rising into a long one, marking correctness or completion.
Also known as: Tick
A tick marks something as correct, done or selected. It is not universal: in parts of Europe a tick has historically marked a wrong answer, and the assumption that it always means yes does not travel.
Marks an item as correct, completed, or selected, and appears in checkboxes as the selected state.
Contexts: Software
The meaning is not universal: in Finland and parts of Scandinavia a mark of this kind has been used to indicate an incorrect answer, the opposite of the assumption made elsewhere.
Contexts: Software
A short stroke descending to the left and meeting a longer stroke that rises steeply to the right, forming a narrow V with unequal arms.
Both are used in software contexts.