When talking to tech support or to other people about keyboard commands, web pages, and command line commands, you may hear such things as forward slash, backward slash / backslash, and caret. Many times this can be confusing for users unfamiliar with each of the symbols found on a keyboard. Below is a chart that can be used to quickly identify keyboard keys. Keep in mind that your keyboard may not have every key listed in this chart.
SymbolExplanationWindowsPC keyboards have a Windows key represented by a flag.CommandApple Mac computers have a command key.F1 - F12Information about the F1 through F12 keyboard keys.TabTab keyCaps lockCaps lock keyShiftShift keyCtrlCtrl keyAltAlt key (PC Only; Mac users have Option key)Back SpaceBack space keyDeleteDelete or Del keyEnterEnter keyPrt ScrnPrint screen keyScroll lockScroll lock keyPausePause keyBreakBreak keyInsertInsert keyHomeHome keyPage upPage up or pgup keyPage downPage down or pgdn keyNum LockNum Lock key~ Tilde` Acute, Back quote, grave, grave accent, left quote, open quote, or a push! Exclamation mark, Exclamation point, or Bang@ At or At symbol# Octothorpe, Number, Pound, sharp, or Hash£Pounds Sterling or Pound symbol€Euro$ Dollar sign¢Cent sign¥Japanese Yen$Generic currency§Micro% Percent°Degree^ Caret or Circumflex& Ampersand or And* Asterisk and sometimes referred to as star.( Open parenthesis) Close parenthesis- Hyphen, Minus or Dash_ Underscore+ Plus= Equals{ Open Brace} Close Brace[ Open bracket] Close bracket| Pipe, Or, or Vertical bar/ Backslash or Reverse Solidus/ Forward slash, Solidus, Virgule, or Whack§Section: 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
