Three dots marking an omission or a trailing-off in speech.
Also known as: Three dots, Dot dot dot, Suspension points
The ellipsis marks words left out of a quotation, or a sentence that trails away. Unicode gives it a single character so the spacing stays consistent.
Marks material omitted from a quotation, showing that the text has been shortened.
Contexts: Software
Indicates speech or thought trailing off, or a deliberate pause.
Contexts: Software
Exists as a single character rather than three full stops so that the spacing between the dots is set by the typeface.
Contexts: Software
Three dots in a horizontal row, evenly spaced on the baseline.
The typographic ellipsis marks omitted words; three separate full stops in code expand a value. An ellipsis character pasted into code does not parse.