Ampersand is on key 7 (that is shift + 7).
What are symbols on other keys known as?
Give technical name like Ampersand for '&'.
Seven answers:
anonymous
2006-08-29 02:20:39 UTC
The entire top row, not including the Ampersand (&)...
~ Tilde
` Grave Accent
! Exclamation Mark/Exclamation Point
@ Commercial At
# Number Sign/Pound Sign
$ Dollar Sign
% Percent Sign
^ Circumflex Accent
* Asterisk
( Left Parenthesis
) Right Parenthesis
_ Low Line/Underscore
- Hyphen/Minus Sign
+ Plus Sign
= Equals Sign
And some others for good measure...
| Vertical Line
\ Reverse Solidus/Backslash
: Colon
; Semicolon
? Question Mark
/ Solidus/Forward Slash
< Less-Than Sign
> Greater-Than Sign
{ Left Curly Bracket
} Right Curly Bracket
[ Left Square Bracket
] Right Square Bracket
" Quotation Mark
' Apostrophe
, Comma
. Period/Full Stop
God bless.
anonymous
2006-08-29 08:30:37 UTC
General typography...
ampersand = &
asterisk = *
asterism = ⁂
at = @
backslash = \
bullet = •
caret = ^
currency = ¤ ¢, $, €, £, Â¥
dagger = † ‡
degree = °
interrobang = ‽
number sign = #
percent and related signs = % ‰ ‱
pilcrow = ¶
prime = ′
inverted exclamation point = ¡
inverted question mark = ¿
section sign = §
tilde = ~
umlaut/diaeresis = ¨
underscore/understrike = _
vertical line/pipe/broken bar = | ¦
keys on 9,0??? they r puncuations...
apostrophe = ' ’
brackets = ( ) [ ] { } ã ã
colon = :
comma = ,
dashes = ‒ – — ― )
ellipsis = … ...
exclamation mark = !
full stop/period = .
guillemets = « »
hyphen = - ‐
interpunct = ·
question mark = ?
quotation marks = " ‘ ’ “ ”
semicolon = ;
slash/solidus = /
anonymous
2006-08-29 08:26:29 UTC
~ - tilda
! - bang
@ - at
# - OCTOTHORPE
$ - dollar
% - percentage
^ - carat
* - asterix
Note the octothorpe! It is the real word for it! Derived from early booking mark for a farm with eight fields, usually denoted by number, thus the meaning!
Hash indeed! Octothorpe is the real name!
Bummerang
2006-08-29 08:24:19 UTC
Tilde ~
@ (at sign, no idea of the technical term)
Sharp #
Dollar $
Percent symbol %
Caret ^
Asterisk *
anonymous
2006-08-29 12:14:14 UTC
you just got the sufficient answers
anonymous
2006-08-29 08:23:13 UTC
~ - tilda
! - bang
@ - at_the_rate
# - hash
$ - dollar
% - percentage
^ - carat
* - asterix
anonymous
2006-08-29 08:25:47 UTC
* asterisk** (perenthesis)
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