KEYBOARD CHARACTERS || KEYBOARD CHARACTER NAMES || KEYBOARD SYMBOLS AND THEIR USES || KEYBOARD CHARACTERS NAMES

The symbols used in keyboards are generally not known to all of us about. Many of us don't know either their use or their names what they are called as too. Here is the list of the symbols that are in the computer keyboards with their names.

Symbols in Keyboards and their names

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 names

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 REGARDS, ITK