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