"|" is a vertical bar and has the following meanings (this is not all).
(1) Conditional probability. For example, P(a|b) is the probability P of occurrence of a when b occurs
(2) "||" as a logical sum in programming languages. Use '|' for bitwise logical sum.
(3) |A| as a absolute value.
<About conditional probabilities>
There are complex examples of conditional probabilities, and other use cases besides conditional probabilities, such as: