# keyboard symbol **Key/Symbol -- Explanation** Windows -- PC keyboards have a Windows key, which looks like a four-pane window Command -- Apple Mac computers have a command key. Esc -- Esc (Escape) key F1 - F12 -- Information about the F1 through F12 keyboard keys. F13 - F24 -- Information about the F13 through F24 keyboard keys. Tab -- Tab key Caps lock -- Caps lock key Shift -- Shift key Ctrl -- Ctrl (Control) key Fn -- Fn (Function) key Alt -- Alt (Alternate) key (PC Only; Mac users have Option key) Spacebar -- Spacebar key Arrows -- Up, Down, Left, Right Arrow keys Back Space -- Back space (or Backspace) 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 pg up key Page down -- Page down or pg dn key End -- End 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 @ -- Ampersat, Arobase, Asperand, At, or At symbol \# -- Octothorpe, Number, Pound, sharp, or Hash £ -- Pounds Sterling or Pound symbol € -- Euro $ -- Dollar sign or generic currency ¢ -- Cent sign ¥ -- Chinese Yuan § -- 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 --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://lin-4.gitbook.io/study-notes/keyboard-symbol.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.