From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):
vertical bar
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<character> The character "|", ASCII code 124.
Common names: bar; or; or-bar; v-bar; pipe; vertical bar.
Rare: ITU-T: vertical line; gozinta; thru; pipesinta;
INTERCAL: spike.
"Pipe", "gozinta", "thru" and "pipesinta" refer to the use of
"|" in Unix shells to create a pipe.
Some keyboards show both a solid vertical bar (code 124) and a
broken vertical bar (code 166).
[Does anyone call either kind of vertical bar "pling"?
Other codes?]
(1998-09-20)