Braces, brackets, and parentheses

The following terminology is used in American English (British English may be different.)

{ }	Braces ("curly braces") Braces are used to group statements and declarations. The contents of a class or interface are enclosed in braces. Method bodies and constructor bodies are enclosed in braces. Braces are used to group the statements in an if statement, a loop, or other control structures.
[ ]	Brackets ("square brackets") Brackets are used to index into an array.
( )	Parentheses Parentheses are used for two purposes: (1) to control the order of operations in an expression, and (2) to supply parameters to a constructor or method.