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| ~ | tilde (sounds like til-da); be prepared to explain to computer-illiterate people saying "you know, the wave-shaped thingy" |
| ! | exclamation mark |
| @ | at |
| # | pound or hash |
| $ | dollar |
| % | percent |
| ^ | caret; not many people know this word so be prepared to say "no, not carrot; it's the character above 6, an arrow pointing up" |
| & | ampersand |
| * | star |
| ( | opening parenthesis or opening round bracket |
| ) | closing parenthesis or closing round bracket |
| _ | underscore or underline |
| + | plus |
| - | minus or hyphen or dash |
| = | equals |
| ` | backtick or backquote |
| { | opening brace |
| } | closing brace |
| [ | opening square bracket |
| ] | closing square bracket |
| | | pipe or vertical bar |
| \ | backslash |
| : | colon |
| ; | semicolon |
| " | double quote |
| ' | single quote |
| < | less than or left angle bracket |
| > | greater than or right angle bracket |
| , | comma |
| . | dot |
| ? | question mark |
| / | slash or forward slash |
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空格 小键盘 |
space keypad |
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(), [] and {} |
may also be called brackets in general. In that case, they specifically call [] square brackets and {} curly brackets. Open and Closing may also be called left and right. |