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
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