| When talking to tech support or to other people
about keyboard commands, web pages, and command line commands, you may hear
such things as forward slash,
backward slash, or backslash, and caret. Many
times this can be confusing for users unfamiliar with each of
the symbols found on a keyboard. Below is a chart that can be
used to quickly identify keyboard keys. Please keep in mind that
some of these symbols will not be on all keyboards. We have
tried to list each of the symbols found in all keyboards around
the world.
| Symbol |
Explanation |
| ~ |
Tilde |
| ` |
Acute,
Back quote, grave, grave accent, left quote, open quote, or
a push |
| ! |
Exclamation mark,
Exclamation point, or Bang |
| @ |
At or At symbol |
| # |
Octothorpe,
Number, Pound, sharp, or Hash |
| £ |
Pounds
Sterling or Pound symbol |
| € |
Euro |
| $ |
Dollar sign |
| ¢ |
Cent
sign |
| ¥ |
Japanese Yen |
| $ |
Generic
currency |
| § |
Micro |
| % |
Percent |
| ° |
Degree |
| ^ |
Caret or Circumflex |
| & |
Ampersand
or And |
| * |
Asterisk
and sometimes referred to as "star". |
| ( |
Open
parenthesis |
| ) |
Close
parenthesis |
| - |
Hyphen, Minus or Dash |
| _ |
Underscore |
| + |
Plus |
| = |
Equals |
| { |
Open Brace |
| } |
Close Brace |
| [ |
Open bracket |
| ] |
Close bracket |
| | |
Pipe,
Or, or Vertical bar |
| \ |
Backslash
or Reverse Solidus |
| / |
Forward slash,
Solidus, Virgule, or Whack |
| § |
Section |
| : |
Colon |
| ; |
Semicolon |
| " |
Quote,
Quotation mark, or Inverted commas |
| ' |
Apostrophe
or Single Quote |
| < |
Less Than
or Angle brackets |
| > |
Greater Than
or Angle brackets |
| , |
Comma |
| . |
Period,
dot or Full Stop |
| ? |
Question Mark |
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| Index |
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