Hold the shift key down when you press the number keys to get extra characters.
Some characters depend on the country your keyboard is designed for.
In the US and UK, the characters are:
(1) ! - exclamation point
(2) @ - at sign or ampersat
(3) # - pound sign (number sign)
(4) $ or £ - dollar sign or pound sterling sign
(5) % - percent sign
(6) ^ - caret (used for exponents)
(7) & - ampersand (means and)
(8) * - asterisk
(9) open parenthesis ( *
(0) close parenthesis ) *
*also used as curved brackets
In the US and UK, the characters are:
(1) ! - exclamation point
(2) @ - at sign or ampersat
(3) # - pound sign (number sign)
(4) $ - dollar sign or £ - pound sterling sign
(5) % - percent sign
(6) ^ - caret (used for exponents)
(7) & - ampersand (means and)
(8) * - asterisk
(9) open parenthesis ( *
(0) close parenthesis ) *
*also used as curved brackets
On the keyboard: Right above the orange hotkey, on the left side of the keyboard. On the number pad: #1 serves as the symbol key for T-9 and ABC texting.
If it is to the left of the 1 key it is called the tilde key
The alt code to type in order to add a trademark symbol to a name simply using a computer keyboard is: the alt button, the number 0, the number 1, the number 5, and the number 3.
On a standard keyboard it's located on the 1 key.
The number 1 billion can be written as the Roman numeral [M] with a horizontal bar above it (which I can't write with my keyboard).
To type the symbol that looks like a wave (∼), you can use the tilde key on your keyboard which is usually located to the left of the number 1 key. Press and hold the shift key while pressing the tilde key.
I have 6 on my keyboard. 1, 1 on number pad, F1, F10, F11, F12.
It is the symbol to the left of the "1" on the second line of a standard keyboard. It looks somewhat like this: `
The 'at' keyboard symbol has kept mainly one meaning thoughout time. It was first used during Medieval times by merchants who wanted to display prices of their products. For example, "2 items @ $1".
© will show on your screen if you use the following procedure: --Set your keyboard on "number lock" so that you can use the numerical keyboard rather than the numerals across the top line of the keyboard.--Place your cursor where you want the © symbol to appear.--Press and hold the ALT key as you key in 0169 on the numerical keyboard.--Release the ALT key. The © symbol will appear at the cursor's location. With that procedure, you have used an ASCII codeto type a symbol. For formal instructions and a complete list of ASCII codes for various signs and symbols, see http://www.killersites.com/webDesignersHandbook/ascii.htm
One byte of RAM can hold up to one byte of data. This is equivalent to one 8-bit (ASCII) character, such as a keyboard letter, number, or symbol.
Small letter l represents the number 1.