Not Equal Sign vs Equals + Slash

Compare the Unicode not-equal-to sign (≠) with the ASCII approximation '=/=' used in programming -- a single mathematical symbol vs a multi-character operator.

Not Equal To
U+2260
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Equals Sign
U+003D
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Solidus
U+002F
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Detailed Comparison

Property Not Equal To Equals Sign Solidus
Character = /
Code Point U+2260 U+003D U+002F
Decimal 8800 61 47
Unicode Name NOT EQUAL TO EQUALS SIGN SOLIDUS
Category Math Symbol Math Symbol Other Punctuation
Block
HTML ≠ = /
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