Keyboard Symbols

The following chart displays the character symbols and name on a standard keyboard in their approximate position on the keyboard. Most characters from any Roman based language can be created on any computer using the American Standard Code for Information Interchange or ASCII. Most computers and software also recognized American National Standards Institute's (ANSI) formatting standards as well.

~ Tilde

! Exclamation Point

@ At

# Number

$ Dollar

% Percent

^ Carat

& Ampersand

* Asterisk

( Open or Left Parenthesis

) Close or Right Parenthesis

_ Underscore or Horizontal Bar

+ Plus

` Acute

- Dash or Hyphen

= Equals

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{ Open or Left Curly Brace

} Close or Right Curly Brace

[ Open or Left Square Bracket

] Close or Right Square Bracket

: Colon

" Quote

| Or or Vertical Bar

; Semi Colon

' Apostrophe or Single Quote

\ Reverse Solidus or Backslash

< Less Than

> Greater Than

? Question Mark

, Comma

. Dot, Period or Full Stop

/ Solidus or Forward Slash

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