The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):

vertical bar
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    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)