Key/Symbol |
Explanation |
Windows |
PC keyboards have a Windows key that looks like a four-pane window |
Command |
Apple Mac computers have a command key. |
Menu |
PC keyboards also have a Menu key that looks like an cursor pointing to a menu. |
Esc |
Esc (Escape) key |
F1 – F12 |
Information about the F1 through F12 keyboard keys. |
F13 – F24 |
Information about the F13 through F24 keyboard keys. |
Tab |
Tab key |
Caps lock |
Caps lock key |
Shift |
Shift key |
Ctrl |
Ctrl (Control) key |
Fn |
Fn (Function) key |
Alt |
Alt (Alternate) key (PC Only; Mac users have Option key) |
Spacebar |
Spacebar key |
Arrows |
Up, Down, Left, Right Arrow keys |
Back Space |
Back space (or Backspace) key |
Delete |
Delete or Del key |
Enter |
Enter key |
Prt Scrn |
Print screen key |
Scroll lock |
Scroll lock key |
Pause |
Pause key |
Break |
Break key |
Insert |
Insert key |
Home |
Home key |
Page up |
Page up or pg up key |
Page down |
Page down or pg dn key |
End |
End key |
Num Lock |
Num Lock key |
~ |
Tilde |
` |
Acute, Back quote, grave, grave accent, left quote, open quote, or a push |
! |
Exclamation mark, Exclamation point, or Bang |
@ |
Ampersat, Arobase, Asperand, At, or At symbol |
# |
Octothorpe, Number, Pound, sharp, or Hash |
£ |
Pounds Sterling or Pound symbol |
€ |
Euro |
$ |
Dollar sign or generic currency |
¢ |
Cent sign |
¥ |
Chinese/Japenese Yuan |
§ |
Micro or Section |
% |
Percent |
° |
Degree |
^ |
Caret or Circumflex |
& |
Ampersand, Epershand, or And |
* |
Asterisk and sometimes referred to as star. |
( |
Open parenthesis |
) |
Close parenthesis |
– |
Hyphen, Minus or Dash |
_ |
Underscore |
+ |
Plus |
= |
Equal |
{ |
Open Brace, squiggly brackets, or curly bracket |
} |
Close Brace, squiggly brackets, or curly bracket |
[ |
Open bracket |
] |
Closed bracket |
| |
Pipe, Or, or Vertical bar |
\ |
Backslash or Reverse Solidus |
/ |
Forward slash, Solidus, Virgule, or Whack |
: |
Colon |
; |
Semicolon |
“ |
Quote, Quotation mark, or Inverted commas |
‘ |
Apostrophe or Single Quote |
< |
Less Than or Angle brackets |
> |
Greater Than or Angle brackets |
, |
Comma |
. |
Period, dot or Full Stop |
? |
Question Mark |