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Computer keyboard key explanations
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, 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 identify each keyboard key and give
even more information about what that key is used for and examples of how it
could be used.
Symbol |
Explanation |
Windows |
PC keyboards have a Windows key represented by a flag. |
Command |
Apple Mac computers have a command key. |
F1 - F12 |
Information about the F1 through F12
keyboard keys. |
Tab |
Tab key |
Caps lock |
Caps lock key |
Shift |
Shift key |
Ctrl |
Ctrl key |
Alt |
Alt key (PC Only; Mac users have Option key) |
Back Space |
Back space key |
Delete |
Delete or Del key |
Enter |
Enter key |
Prt Scrn |
Print screen key |
Scroll lock |
Scroll lock key |
Pause |
Pause key |
Break |
Break key |
Insert |
Insert key |
Home |
Home key |
Page up |
Page up or pgup key |
Page down |
Page down or pgdn key |
Num Lock |
Num Lock key |
~ |
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
or Section |
% |
Percent |
° |
Degree |
^ |
Caret or Circumflex |
& |
Ampersand, Epershand, or And |
* |
Asterisk and sometimes referred to as star. |
( |
Open parenthesis |
) |
Close parenthesis |
- |
Hyphen, Minus or Dash |
_ |
Underscore |
+ |
Plus |
= |
Equals |
{ |
Open Brace, squiggly brackets, or curly
bracket |
} |
Close Brace, squiggly brackets, or
curly bracket |
[ |
Open bracket |
] |
Close bracket |
| |
Pipe, Or, or Vertical bar |
\ |
Backslash or Reverse Solidus |
/ |
Forward slash, Solidus, Virgule, or Whack |
: |
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 |
Keyboard definitions - Back to keyboard help
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