Special Characters in Computing
| Character | English Name |
|---|---|
& | Ampersand |
" | Double Quote / Quotation Mark |
[ | Left Square Bracket / Opening Square Bracket |
] | Right Square Bracket / Closing Square Bracket |
{ | Left Curly Brace / Opening Curly Brace |
} | Right Curly Brace / Closing Curly Brace |
( | Left Parenthesis / Opening Parenthesis |
) | Right Parenthesis / Closing Parenthesis |
< | Less Than / Left Angle Bracket |
> | Greater Than / Right Angle Bracket |
' | Single Quote / Apostrophe |
` | Backtick / Grave Accent |
~ | Tilde |
! | Exclamation Mark / Bang |
@ | At Sign / At Symbol |
# | Hash / Pound Sign / Number Sign |
$ | Dollar Sign |
% | Percent Sign |
^ | Caret / Circumflex |
* | Asterisk / Star |
- | Hyphen / Minus Sign / Dash |
_ | Underscore |
+ | Plus Sign |
= | Equals Sign |
| | Pipe / Vertical Bar |
\ | Backslash |
/ | Forward Slash / Slash |
? | Question Mark |
: | Colon |
; | Semicolon |
, | Comma |
. | Period / Dot / Full Stop |
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