~ Tilde: Accent mark commonly used in Spanish

` Grave accent : Accent mark commonly used in French

! Exclamation point: Indicates the end of an exclamatory sentence or phrase; expresses logical
negation in programming languages; notes factorial operation in mathematics

@ Ampersat: Connects usernames to domain names in email addresses; expresses rates in

# Octothorpe, number sign: Expresses non-executable statement in programming; triggers

$ Dollar sign: Expresses value in currency

% Percent sign: Expresses value in percentages

^ Circumflex, caret: Expresses exponents in mathematics; shorthand for CTRL key on PCs

& Ampersand: Symbolizes “and” in English text; combines values in spreadsheet formulas

* Asterisk: Mathematical multiplication; indicates footnotes

( Open parenthesis: Begins parenthetical text

) Close parenthesis: Ends parenthetical text

_ Underscore: Alternative to space key when spaces are not allowed

- Hyphen, dash: Mathematical subtractions; creates en dashes or em dashes in written text

+ Plus sign: Mathematical additions

= Equal sign: Mathematical equations

{ Open brace: Opens groups of statements or blocks of code in various programming languages

[ Open bracket: Begins section of missing details in quoted text; begins string validation in
programming languages

} Close brace: Closes groups of statements or blocks of code in various programming languages
] Close bracket: Ends section of missing details in quoted text; ends string validation in
programming languages; ends mathematical notation for intervals

| Vertical bar, pipe: Delimiter in text files; redirects a command's output to the input of another
in a command line interface (CLI); represents an OR boolean operator (double pipe)

\ Backslash: Separates locations in a file or network path

: Colon: Separates the protocol from a web address in a URL; identifies a range in a spreadsheet
formula; precedes a list of items in written text

; Semicolon: Joins two related sentences in written text; finishes an instruction in programming
languages; separates long list items in written text

" Double quotation mark: Indicates a verbatim transcription of something that has been written
or spoken; identifies text or data that is not part of a programming command or HTML tag

' Single quotation mark, apostrophe: Contains commands or literal strings; indicates a quotation
within a quotation; expresses a contraction or possessive noun in written context

, Comma: Separates items in a list, joins independent clauses or sentences with a conjunction;
separates digits in large numbers; separates values or elements in a computer program

> Close angle bracket, greater than symbol: Expresses the relationship between two values in
which the one on the left is greater than the one on the right

. Period: Indicates the end of a declarative or imperative sentence; separates a file name from
the file extension; separates sections of a URL

? Question mark: Indicates the end of an interrogative sentence

/ Forward slash: Mathematical division; separates month, day, and year of a date; signifies non-
executable statements in programming languages; closes tags in HTML and XML; delimites expressions;
separates locations in a file or network path; writes URLs and network addresses.