We are all familiar with the modern computer keyboards but unfamiliar with each of the symbols on a keyboard. The table below identifies symbols with a description.
Key/symbol
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Explanation
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~
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Tilde.
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`
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Acute, back quote, grave, grave
accent, left quote, open quote, or a push.
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!
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Exclamation mark, exclamation point, or bang.
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@
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Ampersat, arobase, asperand, at, or at symbol.
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#
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Octothorpe, number, pound, sharp, or
hash.
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%
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Percent.
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^
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Caret
or circumflex.
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&
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Ampersand, epershand, or
and symbol.
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*
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Asterisk, mathematical
multiplication symbol, and sometimes referred to as star.
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(
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Open or left parenthesis.
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)
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Close or right parenthesis.
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-
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Hyphen, minus, or dash.
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_
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Underscore.
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+
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Plus.
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=
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Equal.
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{
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Open brace, squiggly brackets, or
curly bracket.
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}
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Close brace, squiggly brackets, or
curly bracket.
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[
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Open bracket.
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]
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Closed bracket.
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|
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Pipe, or, or vertical bar.
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\
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Backslash or reverse solidus.
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/
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Forward slash, solidus, virgule,
whack, and mathematical division symbol.
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:
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Colon.
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;
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Semicolon.
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"
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Quote, quotation mark, or inverted
commas.
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'
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Apostrophe or single quote.
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<
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Less than or angle brackets.
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>
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Greater than or angle brackets.
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,
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Comma.
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.
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Period, dot or full stop.
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?
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Question mark.
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