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Names of Symbols on Your Computer Keyboard | Computer Symbols

Names of Symbols in Your Computer Keyboard | Computer Symbols







Symbols in Keyboard – Explanation and its use

Sl.   No.

                  Symbol

      Name

1

                     &

ampersand or and

2

                     

apostrophe or single quote

3

                      *

asterisk

4

                     @

at

5

                     `

back quote

6

                     \

back slash

7

                    { }

braces or curly braces

8

                    [ ]

brackets

9

                      ^

carat

10

                     }

close brace

11

                     ]

close bracket

12

                    )

close parenthesis

13

                    :

colon

14

                     ,

comma

15

                   $

dollar

16

                   =

equal

17

                   !

exclamation  mark

18

                   >

greater than

19

                   <

less than

20

                   –

minus or hyphen

21

                  {

open brace

22

                  [

open bracket

23

                  (

open parenthesis

24

                 ( )

parenthesis

25

                 %

percent

26

                   |

pipe or bar

27

                  +

plus

28

                  #

pound or number sign or sharp or hash

29

                  “

quote

30

                 ;

semi-colon

31

                  /

slash or forward slash

32

                  ~

tilde

33

                   _

underscore

34

                   ?

Question Mark

35

                   .

Period, dot or Full Stop

36

            F1 to F12

Function keys 

Keyboard Keys explanation and uses

Sl.   No.

  Keys

  Name

1

 Esc

 Escape Key

2

Windows

Windows Key

3

Delete

Delete Key

4

Back space

Backspace Key

5

Tab

Tab Key

6

Caps Lock

Caps Lock Key

7

Shift

Shift Key

8

Ctrl

Control Key

9

Alt

Alternate Key(Windows); Option Key (Mac)

10

Prt Scrn

Print screen

11

Num lock

Number lock key

12

Page Up

Page up Key

13

Page Down

Page down Key

14

Insert

Insert Key

15

Enter

Enter Key






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