https://cyrusyip.org/en/tags/english/Recent content in English on Cyrus Yip's blogHugoen-USFri, 20 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0800https://cyrusyip.org/en/posts/2024/09/20/keyboard-punctuation-names/Fri, 20 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0800https://cyrusyip.org/en/posts/2024/09/20/keyboard-punctuation-names/<p>AmE means American English, and BrE means British English.</p> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>Punctuation mark</th> <th>Name</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>~</td> <td>tilde</td> </tr> <tr> <td>!</td> <td>exclamation point (AmE) / exclamation mark (BrE)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>@</td> <td>at sign / at symbol</td> </tr> <tr> <td>#</td> <td>hash / pound sign / number sign</td> </tr> <tr> <td>$</td> <td>dollar sign</td> </tr> <tr> <td>%</td> <td>percent sign</td> </tr> <tr> <td>^</td> <td>caret</td> </tr> <tr> <td>&amp;</td> <td>ampersand / and sign</td> </tr> <tr> <td>*</td> <td>asterisk</td> </tr> <tr> <td>( )</td> <td>parenthesis (AmE) / bracket (BrE) / round bracket (BrE)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>-</td> <td>hyphen / minus sign</td> </tr> <tr> <td>+</td> <td>plus sign</td> </tr> <tr> <td>`</td> <td>backtick/backquote/grave</td> </tr> <tr> <td>_</td> <td>underscore</td> </tr> <tr> <td>=</td> <td>equal sign (AmE) / equals sign (BrE)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>{ }</td> <td>brace / curly bracket</td> </tr> <tr> <td>|</td> <td>verticle bar / pipe</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[ ]</td> <td>square bracket</td> </tr> <tr> <td>\</td> <td>backslash</td> </tr> <tr> <td>:</td> <td>colon</td> </tr> <tr> <td>&quot;</td> <td>double quote / double quotation mark</td> </tr> <tr> <td>;</td> <td>semicolon</td> </tr> <tr> <td>'</td> <td>apostrophe / single quote / single quotation mark</td> </tr> <tr> <td>&lt;</td> <td>less-than sign</td> </tr> <tr> <td>&gt;</td> <td>greater-than sign</td> </tr> <tr> <td>?</td> <td>question mark</td> </tr> <tr> <td>,</td> <td>comma</td> </tr> <tr> <td>.</td> <td>period (AmE) / full stop (BrE)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>/</td> <td>slash / forward slash</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>Reference: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page">Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a></p>