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 http://www.computerhope.com/keys.htm